Guangzhou has launched 24 parks and green space tent areas to meet the new needs of the masses for a better life
Tent, lawn, breeze, food, pets, plus two or three confidants have become the "standard" for people to approach nature in recent years. "Camp fever".
Flower viewing, night view, climbing, outing, picnic and even parent-child tour... Now the form of camping is no longer limited, and anyone who loves life can get happiness from it; It is favored in major parks, green belts along the river, mountainside, snow and even desert.
Nowadays, more and more cities are gradually opening more green belts for people to carry out camping activities. According to public data, at the beginning of this year, Guangzhou took the lead in opening 24 parks including Pearl River Park and Guangzhou Sculpture Park as green tent areas; and At the same time, camping-related consumption has gradually become a "new favorite". According to iiMedia Research, 30% of consumers will spend 3,000-5,000 yuan on camping equipment, and 18.4% of consumers will spend more than 10,000 yuan. Yuan.
How did camping "become popular"?
What are the precautions behind the rising "camping fever"?
What do new campers need to do when they "get into the pit"?
Recently, the reporter interviewed a group of ordinary citizens, camping enthusiasts and practitioners.
Text / All-media reporter Cheng Yilun of Guangzhou Daily
Photo/Guangzhou Daily all-media reporters Chen Youzi and Cheng Yilun (except for signatures)
Tent "blooming everywhere": a new way of leisure for Guangzhou citizens
During the Qingming holiday this year and the recent weekend, the reporter visited many camps including Hongcheng Park, South China Botanical Garden, Liang Mingcheng Sculpture Garden, Pearl River Park, Ersha Island, Central Lake Park, and Baiyun Mountain Park. "All kinds of tents.
On April 2, on the lawn surrounded by poppy flowers in Hongcheng Park, the reporter saw hundreds of citizens come to the park with tents or picnic mats for outdoor activities.
Under the colorful tents, some people play shuttlecock, some people fly kites, some people use portable coffee pots to make coffee, some people play cards, some people play frisbee, some people play badminton, some people listen to the stereo and take a nap or read...
On April 3, at the Liang Mingcheng Sculpture Garden in the university town, the reporter also saw colorful "tent flower beds", and even a super tent with "one room and one hall"; citizens were traveling with their families or friends. Gathering, roaming in the sunshine and lawn, the food and games merge into a sea of joy.
At about 10 a.m. on April 23, the reporter came to the tip of Lingshan Island in Nansha at the estuary of the Pearl River. On the garden grass there, there was a "tent flower" a few meters apart, and the way was colorful.
Lao Luo, a citizen who often came here and came early to grab a tent space, said: "I often walk on the front foot, and then another tent arrives on the back foot."
On the afternoon of April 27, the reporter came to Baiyun Mountain Park again. Even on weekdays, there are still many citizens camping here.
After a week of cloudy and rainy days, Dagu, a citizen whose office is near Baiyun Mountain, happened to hold a "camping meeting" here.
Armed with a plaid cloth and a few throw pillows, Dagu came to the garden area with a few colleagues. "While enjoying the sun and having a meeting with the breeze, why wait for the weekend?" he said with a smile.
On Ersha Island, on sunny weekends, the colorful tents on the grass are next to each other, making Ersha Island a veritable "tent island". From time to time, there will be cheers from a family of old and young from multiple tents. laughter.
A middle-aged woman told the reporter that she would come to occupy a seat at 9:00 in the morning, and the children were clamoring to come to camp early in the morning.
Camping is the new way to socialize
Campsites are "blooming everywhere", making the city a "paradise" for camping.
A citizen who lives near Hongcheng Park said with a smile: "When it's sunny, open the window and look down, and there are tents everywhere."
A 55-year-old citizen, Ms. Luo Ai, and her friend Ms. Lin took their grandchildren to camp in Hongcheng Park. The two aunties sat chatting on the picnic mat, and the three children were laughing and playing on the other side of the grass.
Ms. Luo told reporters that she is a native of Chongqing. After retiring in the past two years, she helped her son take care of his grandchildren in Guangzhou. On a weekend at the end of last year, at the suggestion of her son, Ms. Luo's family drove to Hongcheng Park for a picnic.
"I thought it was strange at the time. Although it was very similar to our childhood, the food was much richer and more lively."
After a few camping experiences, occasionally when her son and daughter-in-law go to work, Ms. Luo will take a friend from the community to take a taxi to go camping: "There is no need to squeeze the weekend, and there is no need to find a parking space." Ms. Luo said, "In the past, I could only take care of it at home. Children, at most, they walk downstairs in the community, but now with camping, not only can children have fun in nature, but I can also enjoy leisure time.”
For young people, camping has become a new way of socializing.
Nick is an entrepreneur of an online community platform. His biggest hobby is organizing a group of friends to camp. He lives near Tianhe, and his favorite is the Central Park of the South China Botanical Garden.
"A small and medium-sized tent can accommodate about 2 to 3 people. We usually organize 10 people. Everyone can bring their own tents to the park, or go to camps for a fee to carry out activities together." Nick's favorite camping related items The activities include kicking shuttlecock, playing Frisbee, barbecue, etc. "These projects are all about teamwork and interaction. They communicate with each other in the process, which is not only relaxed and happy, but also makes new friends."
It is also according to the needs of different young people that many parks and camps have also launched "themed camping".
Citizen Ms. Wang said that she had tried this kind of outdoor activity long before camping was "fired". When she saw that everyone started camping in a "swarm", she was rather indifferent. Until this year's Qingming holiday, she was in a camp. When she saw a "pet special event" in the pet group and organized everyone to take their cats to the Central Lake Park to carry out outdoor "socialization", she was a little bit moved, so she took her pet cat and friends to drive to the campsite.
“Camping is about being close to nature”
Guangzhou camping blogger Da C, who has nearly 1 million followers, has been in touch with camping since 2020, which has gradually become her regular way of leisure.
In the past two years, Big C has clearly felt that the enthusiasm of urbanites for camping is getting higher and higher.
"This is mainly due to the fact that Guangzhou provides a good camping environment for citizens. Now there are many great parks and green space camps and commercial camps. For example, Hongcheng Park under the Canton Tower, every time we stay until the evening, when the lanterns first come on, it is very Stunning; there is also the Liang Mingcheng Sculpture Park opposite the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts University City Campus, where the environment is also very pleasant; if it is an overnight paid camping site, Guangzhou has very good camps near Conghua, Zengcheng and Huangpu in the past two years ." Big C said.
According to the reporter's understanding, in order to improve the service function of the park and at the same time allow citizens to enjoy a good rest experience without leaving home, this year Guangzhou launched the first batch of 24 green lawn tent areas, and designated special areas in eligible parks for citizens Tourists set up tents; with the help of the park lawn, the Guangzhou Forestry and Landscape Bureau has opened a variety of ways for citizens to play, such as holding green concerts, tide play markets, outdoor development activities, flower art exhibitions, and "animal conservation science + camping" activities etc.
In addition to these park camps open to the public, the city also includes many commercial charging camps such as Liuxihe Campground and Conghua Xitou Village Campground, as well as non-operational pure campsites. According to the reporter on the online platform According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 90 campsites in the city.
"In the past, camping may have been a wild survival method that people had to choose when they were limited by the environment, but now camping has become more and more comfortable, it is more like an outdoor experience, even It is a trendy way of socializing, young people may say 'let's go have coffee together' in the past, but now they say 'let's go camping together'." Big C said.
Big C's parents are over 50 years old. As "Old Guang", they once wondered why their daughter was keen on camping, why they had to "picnic" or even "sleep" in front of the house; but after trying camping with their daughter twice, the old couple also Begin to embrace this trendy way of relaxing close to nature.
Camping economy has become a new growth point, and the market size this year will exceed 30 billion yuan
In fact, with the development of tourism around the city, in addition to local camping, many citizens have also begun to discover some unofficial long-distance "treasure camps", and the data is still rising.
According to the “Treasure Campground” theme list released by Ctrip a few days ago, since the second half of 2021, the number of camping products on the platform has increased by nearly 10 times. From January to early April 2022, those who sign up for camping tours through this platform The number of users is more than 5 times that of the whole year of 2021.
According to data released by iiMedia Research, from 2014 to 2020, the market size of camping camps in China increased from 7.71 billion yuan to 16.8 billion yuan, with a compound growth rate of 13.9%.
In 2021, the market size of camping camps will grow rapidly, with a growth rate of 78%, and the market size will reach 29.9 billion yuan. It is expected that the growth rate will reach 18.6% in 2022, and the market size will reach 35.46 billion yuan.
When you click on Taobao and search for "camping tents", you can see a variety of hot-selling tents on the relevant list, with prices ranging from 250 yuan to 1,600 yuan, including portable tents, fully automatic foldable tents, hexagonal tents, canopies, etc. , According to data, in the past 6 days, the number of sales of these hot-selling tents has reached more than 25,000 pieces.
Camping not only drives the development of related products, but also drives the tertiary industries such as surrounding tourism and catering.
Taking the South China Botanical Garden as an example, when the reporter went there during the Qingming holiday, they found that the park was crowded with people. If citizens wanted to enter the park, they had to buy admission tickets first.
In addition to the 24 parks and lawns that have been announced, among the nearly 100 camps inquired by the reporter, there are more than 70 business and non-business camps. Taking a popular charging camp as an example, the reporter found that the camp is currently Several private tent tent camps worth 1380 yuan to 1680 yuan have been reserved until the weekend of May 15th or even June.
The May Day holiday is approaching, and the market for wild camping is still very impressive.
An operator of Qunar.com said that since March, "flower viewing" and "camping" have become the top two search terms on the platform, "especially city parks that can enjoy flowers and camping are for everyone. 'I have a good heart', followed by free campsites in the suburbs. Some citizens will order takeaways after arriving at the campsites, further driving the surrounding food and beverage consumption."
Choosing a campground also depends on the season
As a senior player with 20 years of camping experience, Xiangbei has experienced camping in many extreme environments, from beach camping in Dameisha, Shenzhen to desert camping in Tengger, from meadow camping in Lingshan, Beijing to Siziwangqi, Inner Mongolia Camping in the Gobi Desert, he takes his wife and children to experience it several times a year.
"The beauty of nature lies in its seasonality. The scenery of the four seasons is different, so camping should naturally experience the corresponding scenery. For example, you should go to enjoy the flowers in spring, go to the beach in summer, and go to the ice in winter. It's not in the forest." He suggested that when choosing a field camp, citizens should first look at the season, choose a suitable place to play in this season, and secondly look at the local camping facilities.
Step-by-step introduction to equipment upgrades
With the high demand for camping, there are more and more camping products on the market.
According to relevant data, among the people who buy camping products, the per capita consumption is about 600 yuan, of which the per capita spending of overnight camping products is 700 yuan, and the same-day camping products are about 400 yuan.
The variety of equipment has dazzled many citizens.
At least three weekends a month, North will choose to travel around.
On every trip, his camping gear fills the trunk and passenger side of a large family car.
As a senior player, Xiangbei suggested that citizens should not buy too expensive or too many products when choosing camping products.
For citizens who do not have extreme environmental camping needs, they can first consider purchasing a light sleeping bag and try to use a mature camp that charges for experience.
"In fact, sleeping in a tent is not always so good, and it is easy to encounter problems such as poor ventilation, early morning light transmission, and noise. If citizens want to continue to experience camping in depth, they can consider purchasing tent equipment for the night."
In terms of equipment selection, Xiangbei also suggested that citizens try to gradually purchase according to their personal choices, starting with a backpack-type camping three-piece set (tent, sleeping bag, moisture-proof pad), plus supplies, with a volume of about 3 kg; other It's up to people to be frugal, such as preparing stoves, cooking utensils, air mattresses, and more.
In "camping fever": close to nature, but also love nature
"Camping in the city has become a new way of social entertainment." Big C said, "but now people have not established many concepts of camping in the city, such as barbecues, I see people directly on the grass. Looking for stones to build a fire, and driving nails on the grass, these behaviors will damage the grass.”
According to the regulations on the management of tent areas in the park's green space, during the opening hours, visitors can build small and medium-sized household tents with an area of less than 5 square meters and a height of no more than 1.5 meters in the lawn area, and they cannot be fixed with foot pegs; tents must be half-sized. Open or open, not fully enclosed, easy to observe the situation inside the tent from the outside; no smoking, cooking, barbecue, littering, etc. are allowed in lawns, trees and tents.
When the reporter visited many parks, they also found that due to the large number of campers and the scattered locations, there are few cases of non-compliant camping methods in the parks.
"When I went to a park before, I found that from the time I entered the park, there were picnic mats and tents along the road, and some of the citizens' tents were significantly larger than the prescribed 5 square meters of floor space, and they even opened barbecue grills and hammered ground nails. , some even hang swings, etc. In addition, although the open lawn areas are usually areas that are more tolerant of vegetation, the lawns are still relatively fragile compared to squares, so many parks will stipulate that kite flying or running is not recommended However, we can still see that many citizens do not know much about the regulations and are still flying kites,” said Ms. Mi, a citizen.
When reporters clicked on relevant topics on the Internet, they could also see some "situations" caused by irregular camping. For example, someone almost set the tent on fire when a bonfire was burning; someone hit the ground nails that were not firmly fastened, and the wind was too strong in the middle of the night, blowing the sky. Fly; some people think that the tent is too stuffy, take off the tent, and suddenly wake up in the middle of the night by the heavy rain... Camping is beautiful, but it also needs standardized guidance behind the beauty.
Camping environmental awareness should be raised
During the interview, the reporter found that during camping, citizens generally choose to carry food in disposable packages, and some citizens choose to order takeout during camping, although most parks have increased the frequency of garbage disposal in response to the surge in camping demand. However, the disposal of kitchen waste still needs standardized guidance: "Most of the garbage we deal with every day is paper towels, disposable tableware, leftover food and beverages, etc., but some citizens do not classify garbage after camping, such as food and beverages. Kitchen waste and baby diapers will pile up together, and some people will throw garbage everywhere." A park cleaner told reporters.
In the campsites with relatively weak garbage disposal capacity, the environmental protection awareness of tourists is more tested.
Xiangbei also believes that although everyone loves camping more and more, the knowledge and etiquette of camping is not enough: "After all, camping is in nature, so be in awe, littering will cause harm to the environment. Irreversible impact. To enhance citizens' awareness of environmental protection in camping, manufacturers of camping equipment, campground operators, and practitioners in the camping industry need to work together to help citizens and customers establish environmental awareness." Xiangbei said.
According to the reporter's understanding, at present, some public welfare teams in China have started to involve the public or camping enthusiasts in environmental protection actions. The "Qingshan Action" project, etc., calls on citizens to protect nature by organizing citizens to go up the mountain on foot to pick up empty gas tanks.
Xiangbei believes that the more such environmental protection activities, the better. In addition to participating in such public welfare outdoor activities, citizens need to start from themselves, insist on sorting and disposing of garbage every time when camping, and throw the garbage away to have the ability to dispose of garbage. “For example, every time we take our children out for camping, we will bring a tongs to pick up garbage. The last day of camping is to let the children compete to pick up garbage in the camp to see who can pick up the garbage more cleanly. This is also true for children. The way to develop good habits in them from an early age.”
Camp rules should be followed
Even in paid camps that are supervised, there may be some instances of non-compliance with camp rules.
Camping enthusiast Xiaoying said that she had previously gone to a paid camp with her family. The camp has set up a tent area for citizens to "check-in" directly, and they only need to pay for one night to stay.
"The camp will provide sleeping bags. A couple who lived next to me at the time brought their pet dog into the tent to sleep even though the camp stipulated that pets could not be brought into the tent. As a result, after the two left the rental the next day, the aunt cleaned it. I found the puppy’s urine stains on the sleeping bag in the room.” Therefore, Xiaoying suggested that citizens should abide by the rules of the camp when setting up tents outdoors for the night. If it is for hygiene reasons, they can choose to buy their own sleeping bags.