Gyeonggi Province Expands Camping Facilities...Alleviates Small Business Concerns Through Regulatory Improvement

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Previously, only tent-material camping facilities could be installed at campgrounds, but from now on, various camping facilities regardless of material type, such as dome tents made of synthetic resin, can be installed.

Gyeonggi Province identified a total of 170 regulations in the first half of this year—99 in regional priority business fields and 71 in business and small business operational difficulty fields—and recommended them to the government. As a result, 16 were accepted: 13 in regional priority business fields and 3 in business and small business operational difficulty fields, the province announced on the 23rd.

The case of "deleting regulations limiting the primary material of camping facility structures to tents" is an example of acceptance in the business and small business operational difficulty field. The province noted that although glamping facilities using various materials are emerging, the current Tourism Promotion Act limits camping facility materials to tents, restricting market entry for new products and services, and recommended improvements. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to pursue regulatory improvements in the second half of this year to enable installation of new-material camping facilities by gathering opinions from related agencies including the industry.

Additionally, the current Autonomous Vehicles Act, which allowed only provincial and municipal governors to apply for "autonomous vehicle pilot operation zones," will be improved. The province requested improvements to allow applications from mayors and county heads to maximize the policy effects of new growth industries. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport partially accepted this and decided to arrange measures allowing provincial and municipal governors to reflect application requests from basic local governments when designating pilot operation zones.

Other improvements include ▲allowing sterilization and crushing facilities for medical institutions within educational environment protection zones ▲specifying disaster impact assessment targets under the Natural Disaster Mitigation Act ▲clarifying the period for local assembly opinion submissions when establishing urban regeneration activation plans ▲permitting labeling of caffeine-removed black tea as "decaffeinated" ▲establishing new standards for sensor-type dimming control traffic signals.

Gyeonggi Province's Policy Planning Official stated, "We will identify and certainly improve unreasonable regulations that are necessary to resolve inconveniences for residents, businesses, and small business owners," adding "We will make active efforts so that provincial residents can feel the benefits of regulatory improvements and lead better lives."