”K-Mountain climbing” has become a must-see tourist course in Korea...Supported by Seoul City

Recently, as mountain climbing has become a must-do course for foreign tourists in Korea, the city of Seoul has begun to support it. On the 11th, the city of Seoul announced that it will promote the revitalization of "K-mountain climbing," which has become a must-do course for foreign tourists.
For this reason, the government has announced that it will provide support from lending equipment to accompanying climbers. Recently, K-climbing has become a hot topic among foreign tourists. In particular, the most well-known K-climbing site that comes to mind is
The reason is that it is unusual for a city and a mountain to be adjacent to each other. On the 10th, the Seoul Tourism Foundation announced that it will hold a special exhibition of the 1000-year-old mountain in the Bukhansan Mountain, Bugaksan Mountain, and Gwanaksan Mountain.
The city hiking tourist center received a total of 40,000 visitors, of which 17,600 were foreigners. The city hiking tourist center opened for the first time in Bukhansan in September 2022.
The Bukhansan Center was opened in April this year on Mt. Bugaksan and earlier this month on Mt. Gwanaksan. The Bukhansan Center is located near Bukhansan Ui Station, the entrance to Bukhansan National Park. The design reflects the steep mountain path of Mt. Bukhansan.
This year alone, about 1,300 items were loaned out, including equipment such as tents, trekking poles, etc. The Bugaksan Center is located in a traditional Korean house in Samcheong-dong.
The center is located on the first basement floor of Gwanaksan Station. It is equipped with shoe disinfectants, clothes cleaners, etc.
More than 3,000 citizens and tourists have visited the center in the first week of the trial run. The Tourism Foundation also introduced a program that allows foreigners to climb the famous mountains of Seoul.
In the case of mountain programs, exclusive mountain climbing is possible, but there are also programs that combine archery experiences and temple stays with mountain climbing. The Korea Tourism Foundation has announced that the number of participants in the mountain climbing program has increased from 550 last year.
The number of participants increased to about 660 people between January and October this year. The Seoul Tourism Foundation also reported that about 230 people from 40 countries participated in a mountaineering fam tour aimed at foreign groups, companies, and travel agencies this year.
CEO Gil Ki-young said, "Mountains in the city are easily accessible and can be climbed easily, so mountain climbing tourism is becoming a new trend for foreigners visiting Seoul."
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