Hallasan Parking Fees to Rise Up to 13 Times in the New Year... Exemption for Seniors Abolished

Switch from Flat-Rate to Time-Based Incremental Fees
Maximum Daily Fee for Passenger Vehicles Set at 13,000 Won

Starting January 1 next year, parking fees at Hallasan National Park will increase by up to 13 times compared to the current rates. The exemption on parking fees previously granted to drivers aged 65 and older will also be abolished.

Vehicles visiting Hallasan 1100 Highland on the 4th after the heavy snow warning was lifted. Photo by Yonhap News

The Hallasan National Park Management Office in Jeju announced on the 9th that, in accordance with the revised rules for facility usage fees, parking fees at Hallasan will be fully adjusted starting next month.

According to the revised plan, parking fees for passenger vehicles, vans with up to 15 seats, and trucks up to 1 ton will start at 1,000 won for the first hour. After that, 500 won will be added every 20 minutes, and if parking exceeds 9 hours, the maximum daily fee will be capped at 13,000 won.

For vans with more than 16 seats and trucks over 1 ton, the fee will be 2,000 won for the first hour, with an additional 800 won charged every 20 minutes thereafter. The maximum daily parking fee is set at 20,000 won.

The increase will be felt even more strongly compared to the current rates. Currently, Hallasan National Park operates a flat-rate system: 1,000 won per day for compact cars, 1,800 won for passenger vehicles and trucks under 4 tons, 3,000 won for vans with 11 to 15 seats, and 3,700 won for buses and trucks over 4 tons. After the revision, the system will switch to a time-based incremental fee structure, resulting in rate hikes of at least fivefold and up to thirteenfold depending on the vehicle type.

Since the introduction of parking fees in 1996, Hallasan National Park has maintained the same fee structure. This is the first increase in parking fees in 30 years.

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