Closures

Hyakuninhama Auto Campsite in Erimo, Hokkaido, ends its season on 30 November. The site trialled winter operation last season but will remain closed this winter. A new season is scheduled to open around 20 March 2027. Irregular winter events are under consideration, with details to be announced on the official Instagram. The campsite offers electric hook-up pitches, free pitches and bungalows, with showers and a bathing facility within walking distance.

At campsite Eijckelenburg in Maarn, dozens of static caravan owners are being forced to dismantle their caravans in the coming weeks. The campsite owner terminated the ground leases to build luxury chalets on the pitches. The caravans are owned by the residents, but they rented the land annually. The campsite was sold in January 2023 to entrepreneurs from Lunteren. Some owners have already sold their caravans, while others are trying to sell before dismantling.

The Walloon government has put the Claire-Fontaine tourist estate up for sale. The association Voies d'Eau du Hainaut, which managed the site, ceased operations, and a plan to take over the campsite with the municipality of Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont was rejected over financial risks. A call for expressions of interest was launched in July, and several operators showed interest in developing new tourism or leisure activities across the whole site. The campers' agreement ends on 30 November, but they have until 15 April 2027 to remove their caravans because no 2027 tourist season can be organised. From 1 December, access to the site will be limited to work needed to remove the caravans.

Frauke Johannsen has sold the Jarplund campsite near Flensburg. From 1 January 2027 Hans-Werner Petersen and Jörg Neumann take over, with a tenant running the site.

The town council of Kelbra has voted by majority to sell the municipal campsite at the Kelbra reservoir through an auction house. The town says it can no longer cover the high refurbishment costs. No auction date or starting price has been announced.

The private operator of the Songdo International Campsite in Incheon stopped running the site after failing to pay 500 million won in usage fees. Operations were suspended from September and the operator's permit was revoked. The campsite, built in 2014 at a cost of 7 billion won, covers 38,000 square metres and has 56 tent pitches plus an auto-camping area, cooking facilities, a water play area and children's play equipment. A new operator has been selected, with the annual fee cut by about 30% to 500 million won. This is the second time the site has been shut over unpaid fees.

Nanporo Kirara Park campsite in Nanporo, Hokkaido, closes for the season after the night of 7 November. The site opened in May, and the cabins were initially intended to operate year-round. The entire campsite now closes on the same date. The site is next to Nanporo Onsen Heart & Heart and offers electric hook-up pitches, tent pitches and cabins. The onsen remains open year-round.

The campsite in Hooksiel on the North Sea coast has been run by the Berlin-based Überland Camping group since 1 January 2026. During the 2026 season the operator upgraded infrastructure, including the electricity network to 16 amps at pitches, water pipes and the digitalisation of the motorhome stopover at Ostdüne. The nudist area will close at the end of 2026, after which the Naturistenbund Wilhelmshaven-Friesland, which had about 250 members, will dissolve in 2027. A petition against the closure gathered around 1,700 signatures, but the decision stood.

The public Jeonwolsan campsite in Sejong will be closed from 21 December 2026 to 26 February 2027. Repairs and safety checks will take place during the closure.

The campsite at Akiu Forest Sports Park in the Akiu hot spring area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, will close on 14 November. The closure was announced on the facility's official Instagram. The site is part of a park that includes sports facilities, a pool and a hot spring. The reason for the closure was not disclosed.

The first caravans have started leaving the Ría de Arosa I campsite by Cabío-A Lombiña beach in A Pobra do Caramiñal after the site was closed and sealed. More than fifty campers have set up an affected-persons platform demanding answers from the Xunta de Galicia and criticising the handling of the eviction. A tow truck was used to remove one caravan. The report was published on 28 October 2026.

Eurotrading NE Ltd has appealed the Lake District National Park Authority's June refusal of plans to replace a touring caravan site with 44 static caravans at Dockray Meadow Caravan Park near Lamplugh. The development control committee voted eight to one against, with one abstention, despite a recommendation to approve. In a statement of case dated 6 October, planning consultancy Lichfields said the touring site 'has already been lost' because the Caravan and Motorhome Club closed it at the end of the 2024 season, citing poor performance and a lack of members. The authority's refusal notice said the closure was 'not considered to be a fair indication of the demand' and members questioned how individually owned static caravans would be prevented from becoming permanent homes. The appeal, reference 6017378, is being considered through written representations.

The motorhome area in Breuil-Cervinia will remain closed for the entire 2026/2027 winter season. The municipality of Valtournenche announced this in a notice published on Friday 23 October, stating that a building site in the area and other works on the territory made it impossible to find a suitable alternative location with the necessary requirements to host the service. Parking will be allowed only for stopping in accordance with Article 185 of the Highway Code, while for camping the municipality lists three authorised facilities: Camping Glair in Valtournenche, Camping Cervino in Antey-Saint-André and Dalai Lama campsite in Châtillon. The notice does not give a reopening date for the Breuil-Cervinia area. The municipality says work on a new motorhome area will start soon.

Jana and Thomas Ryba have closed their eight-pitch motorhome stopover in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck on Usedom. According to Ostsee-Zeitung, the closure follows a multi-year dispute with authorities over the site's compliance with building law. The stopover's website has been taken down and regular guests were informed by email. The district of Vorpommern-Greifswald states that the site was both built and operated unlawfully, and a prohibition-of-use procedure is ongoing. Reopening would require a building permit, which in turn requires the legal planning preconditions to be established, in particular through a land-use planning procedure. The municipality of Heringsdorf also cites missing permits: the plot lies in an outlying area under building law and within a landscape protection area, so nature and environmental protection issues must be examined.

A campsite in Buxheim, Bavaria, will close by autumn 2027 to make way for up to 190 apartments. Permanent campers were given notice in September, effective at the end of the year, with the option to stay until September 2027 and vacate in October. Construction is expected to start no earlier than summer 2028. Campers criticised the lack of information, saying they learned of the closure from the newspaper rather than from notices on site.

The motorhome park in Pousos, Leiria municipality, remains closed to the public because the site is still occupied by modular homes temporarily housing families left without housing after Storm Kristin. According to Ana Valentim, Leiria City Council's councillor for social action, three households remain on site awaiting repairs to their homes. The park is expected to reopen after the families leave; no date has been set.

The municipal motorhome stopover Bessac – Pré-Leroy in Niort is closed from 2 November until the end of December 2026 for renovation. Camping-Car Park takes over its management, and the city hopes to double visitor numbers.

The city of Hwaseong plans to close the Hwannam auto camping site, opened in 2018, and build a training base there for Hwaseong FC, a K League club. The 43-pitch campsite drew tens of thousands of visitors annually but ran an operating deficit of more than 300 million won per year. Alternative sites proposed in Sosin-myeon and Gungpyeong are about 40 km from Hwannam; a quarry site in Yanggam, about 13 km away, is under review. No timeline for a replacement has been set.

The campsite in Schillig on the North Sea coast, with around 1,500 pitches, is not expected to be sold until the end of the year, according to WTG. The site recorded around 285,000 overnight stays in 2025. The municipally owned company Wangerland Touristik GmbH is forced to sell it due to financial difficulties: the construction of the Thalasso Meeres Spa cost around 23 million euros instead of the planned 8.9 million. According to insolvency administrator Christian Kaufmann, there are several interested parties, but no binding date for signing contracts has been set.

Choi Eun-hee proposed creating a campsite at the Soksan site in Taeyang or in Yanggam-myeon after the Hyangnam auto campsite closed on October 1.