"Going on a Forest Vacation"... Seongbuk-gu Creates Healing and Experience Spaces in 5 Parks

Night Forest Trail Tours and Relaxation with Books for Modern Workers Unable to Take Vacations and Social & Mobility Vulnerable Groups

Residents are participating in various programs conducted through forest vacations. (Photo by Seongbuk-gu)

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is receiving great responses from residents for the ‘Forest Vacation? Plage Project’ operated in five neighborhood parks, including Odong Neighborhood Park and Bukhansan Neighborhood Park.

Plage is implemented in European cities such as Paris, France, and Barcelona, Spain. It creates summer resorts in parks and riversides for modern people who cannot take vacations and socially or mobility-vulnerable groups, allowing citizens to experience healing and various activities without incurring high costs. As a result, more cities are joining the initiative.

From July to September this year, Seongbuk-gu is conducting the Plage Project in five parks, including Odong Neighborhood Park (San 2-1, Hawolgok-dong), Gaewoonsan Neighborhood Park (San 6-1, Donam-dong), Bukhansan Neighborhood Park (231, Jeongneung-dong), and Bukaksan Neighborhood Park (606-821, Donam-dong). The project includes nighttime forest trail tours, forest experiences for toddlers, senior classes, forest healing programs, and relaxation with books.

Kim Seong-gi, the Park Planning Team Leader of the Park and Greenery Division at Seongbuk-gu Office, stated, “About 600 people from five institutions, including general citizens, people with disabilities, seniors, and workers in demanding jobs, participated in the healing and experience programs.”

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “General citizens who could not take vacations and mobility-vulnerable groups received various experiences and healing in neighborhood forest parks and gave much praise. We will strive even harder to discover and provide green services that everyone can enjoy in diverse ways.”

The ‘Forest Vacation? Plage Project’ can be reserved through the Daum Cafe ‘Seongbuk Ecological Experience Sharing’ and the Seoul Public Service Reservation website. For more details, please contact the Park and Greenery Division of Seongbuk-gu Office.

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