Table 1. Status of forest leisure & sports activities by category.

Event Active population (persons)1 Number of clubs (number)+number of club members (persons)2 Korea forest service funeral competition (time)3 Associations and federations (numbers)4 Number of people issued qualifications (persons)5
Total 2,491,980 285 466,434 34 20 85
Mountain skiing 14,370 8 2,811 6 1 2
Mountain bike 242,150 67 138,366 8 3 5
Mountain horse riding 347,515 55 209,317 - 1 13
Mountain marathon 337,090 23 12,562 6 6 3
Orienteering 49,190 21 3,357 7 1 17
Paragliding 113,445 54 39,356 7 4 9
Rock climbing 277,800 57 60,665 - 2 23
Tree top adventure - - - - - -
Rail biking 753,330 - - - - -
Single line movement 357,090 - - - - -
Rope experience - - - - 1 13
Roller coaster type aerial movement - - - - - -
Survival experience - - - - 1 -
Survey on the operation of forest leisure sports facilities and development of a manual (Korea Forest Service, 2016)
Survey on forest leisure sports activity population and competition status (Korea Forest Service, 2017)
Among the Korea Forest Service’s internal data for 2023, only the 2015-2021 Forest Service Cup competitions are described.
Forest leisure sports facility creation and operation manual (Korea Forest Service, 2020)
Current status of forest leisure sports instructor certification issuance from 2020 to 2022 among the 2023 internal data of the Korea Forest Service