Korean slang profile
글램핑
glamping
Camping with comforts
Camping in a setting with upscale facilities.
- Expanded form
- Glamorous + CampingCamping with comforts
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 9, 2012
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
이번엔 글램핑으로 편하게 다녀오자.
Let's take it easy and go glamping this time.
- Quoted from a source
글램핑은 글래머러스(Glamorous)와 캠핑(Camping)의 합성어로, 고급스러운 캠핑을 뜻하는 신조어.[2]
글램핑 is a compound word of Glamorous and Camping, and is a new word meaning luxurious camping.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- 2012년 7월EToday: “The ‘글램핑 activity’, which allows you to enjoy nature while feeling it with your whole body, shows the essence of real camping that is different from the recent 글램핑 in the city.”[1]
- 2012년 7월글램핑 is a compound word of Glamorous and Camping, and is a new word meaning luxurious camping.[2]
03Origin & word formation
Formed from “Glamorous + Camping.” The 2012 source from Segye Ilbo explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘골프장에서 캠핑한다’...아난티클럽서울, 글램핑 액티비티 14일부터 (이투데이)Published Jul 9, 2012Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 리조트서 편하게 즐기는 ‘글램핑’ 어때요 (세계일보)Published Jul 19, 2012Original source checked Nov 5, 2026