Five Forest Leisure Facilities Including Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest Temporarily Closed to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

The Gyeonggi Province Forest and Environment Research Institute announced on the 26th that it will temporarily close five forest leisure facilities operated directly by Gyeonggi Province, including Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest and Mulhyanggi Arboretum, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The closed facilities are Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest in Namyangju, Gangsibong Natural Recreational Forest in Gapyeong, Mulhyanggi Arboretum in Osan, Badahyanggi Arboretum in Ansan, and Jathyanggi Green Forest in Gapyeong. Forest experience programs operated at each facility will also be suspended.

The closure period has been set for 12 days from February 24 to March 6, taking into account the critical period of COVID-19 spread risk. For 575 people (315 at Chukryeongsan and 260 at Gangsibong) who had made advance reservations to use Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest and Gangsibong Natural Recreational Forest during this period, the province plans to provide full refunds without penalty fees.

In particular, each facility is implementing its own preventive measures including placing disinfectants and conducting regular disinfection. Going forward, the province plans to extend the closure period at intervals of approximately 10 days in consideration of the COVID-19 situation.

A provincial official stated, "Since forest leisure facilities are places frequented by many residents, we have been forced to decide on temporary closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19," and urged, "We ask residents to actively cooperate in preventing COVID-19."

The five forest leisure facilities, including Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest, are directly operated by Gyeonggi Province to provide residents with leisure activities, mental and physical relaxation, and forest welfare services, with an average annual usage of 687,000 visitors.
For detailed information about usage, you can contact Chukryeongsan Natural Recreational Forest (031-8008-6690), Gangsibong Natural Recreational Forest (031-8008-6611), Mulhyanggi Arboretum (031-378-1261), Badahyanggi Arboretum (031-8008-6795), and Jathyanggi Green Forest (031-8008-6769).