Customers are waiting in line at a dessert shop in Aewol-eup, Jeju-si. [독자 제공]
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“All addresses on Jeju-do restaurant access list are’Seoul City’.”
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This is the story of an aunt, 30, who was traveling to Jeju Island on the 4th. He said, “I lined up in not only the restaurant but also the dessert shop. This is the situation even on weekdays, but will we do more next week after the holiday?”
Jeju-do trembles at ‘140,000 sulcance’
– As tourists are expected to flock to Jeju Island during the Lunar New Year holidays, an emergency has been put to quarantine the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The Jeju Island Tourism Association predicted that from the 10th, the day before the Lunar New Year holiday, to the 15th, the last day of the holiday, an average of 28600 tourists a day, a total of 143,000, will visit Jeju. It was 32.5% less than last year’s Lunar New Year holiday, which was in the early days of Corona 19, but compared to the average of 10,000 visitors a day last month, it is nearly three times higher.
Airlines plan to operate 1196 domestic flights (260,5491 seats) arriving in Jeju during the Lunar New Year holidays, and the average boarding rate is expected to be 69%. In addition, during this period, the reservation rate for a luxury hotel in Jungmun in Seogwipo City rose to the level of 60-70% of the rooms in operation. It is interpreted that the phenomenon of choosing to travel instead of looking for hometown appeared as meetings of five or more people were banned due to the explosion of corona 19 confirmed cases.
“I take off my mask and take a picture…Can’t I come?”
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On October 2 of last year, the departure waiting room on the 2nd floor of Jeju International Airport is crowded with returning visitors and tourists leaving Jeju after the Chuseok holiday. yunhap news
– Jeju residents complain of anxiety when the situation where tourists flock to each holiday season repeats. During the 7 days of the Chuseok holiday last year, the number of visitors to Jeju Island was 23,2269.
At an online cafe where Jeju residents gather, there are high concerns about the spread of Corona 19 from tourists during the holidays. Cafe members said, “Someone is banned from meetings with more than 5 people, so people are too selfish. Can’t they come?” “There are many”.
Jeong Mo, 36, who resides in Seogwipo City, Jeju, said, “After last year’s’Chucance’,’Solkance’ is scary. I wish I could recognize that,” he said.
Recently, in online cafes related to travel, it is easy to find articles saying that they are seeking companions to travel together during the holiday season. One user wrote, “I plan to schedule each other on the 11th to 13th and share where I want to go to each other,” he said. “Please contact the person who wants to eat something delicious and have fun.”
In case of suspected tourist symptoms, inspection at the airport
– Jeju quarantine authorities have stepped up to strengthen the prevention of Corona 19. The policy is to have tourists with suspected symptoms of Corona 19 undergo examination at the Jeju Airport Screening Clinic and stay at the airport until results are obtained. In addition, in order to prevent the re-proliferation of corona by tourists, it plans to perform a full corona inspection for public transportation, rental cars, and industry workers on the 14-27th after the holiday season.
The government is in a position to review whether to ease quarantine measures before the Lunar New Year holiday if the spread of Corona 19 stabilizes this week. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, “I will closely review the easing of additional quarantine measures even before the Lunar New Year holidays if there is a belief that the situation has entered a definite stability situation this week.” On the 31st of last month, the government extended the existing’social distancing’ stage (the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area, the 2nd stage in the non-metropolitan area) and the ban on private meetings with more than 5 people until the Lunar New Year holidays.
Reporter Kwon Hye-rim [email protected]
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