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Fall foliage tour buses banned from Korean national parks
The South Korea government said it will ban tour buses from national parks during the peak fall foliage season.
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said the large buses will be banned from 21 national parks across the country between 17 October and 15 November.
Each national park will ban buses for a total of 16 days based on the different autumnal foliage peaks across the country.
The country’s national parks and countryside are flooded with visitors to see the autumn leaf colours between mid-October and mid-November each year.
In addition, the cable car rides at Mount Seorak and Mount Naejang national parks will be capacity controlled to reduce any chance of Covid-19 transmission.
These two national parks are the most popular in the country.
Barrier tape will be installed at dozens of national park locations, including at summit areas, and shelters to disperse and separate large crowds.
The National Park TV channel on YouTube will also broadcast videos of the fall foliage at Mount Seorak, Mount Odae and Mount Naejang on selected dates in late October to encourage people to stay at home and watch.
Written by Ray Montgomery, Asia Editor
TravelMole Editorial Team
Editor for TravelMole North America and Asia pacific regions. Ray is a highly experienced (15+ years) skilled journalist and editor predominantly in travel, hospitality and lifestyle working with a huge number of major market-leading brands. He has also cover in-depth news, interviews and features in general business, finance, tech and geopolitical issues for a select few major news outlets and publishers.
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