日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
China / Society

Chinese tourists shun ROK due to MERS fear

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-06-10 16:00

Chinese tourists shun ROK due to MERS fear

Workers in full protective gear disinfect the interior of a subway train at a Seoul Metro's railway vehicle base in Goyang, South Korea, June 9, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

SHANGHAI/QINGDAO - Despite no official travel warning from the government, Chinese travelers are feeling jittery over visits to the Republic of Korea (ROK) after the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) claimed nine lives there.

Travel agencies are predicting a 70-percent drop or more in summer travel to the ROK as fearful tourists urgently book alternative destinations.

Shanghai Springtour Travel Agency said they received about 1,000 cancellation and delay requests, with trips to Seoul and Pusan - the most popular destinations - affected the most.

All cancellations were group tours planned for June and July, one of the busiest travel seasons due to the three-day Dragon Boat Festival and the beginning of summer vacation for students, Zou Qingling, deputy manager of the agency, said.

The ROK surpassed Thailand and Japan to become the most favored destination for Chinese outbound tourists, with 6.1 million visitors in 2014, according to Ctrip, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese travel agency.

Liao Wei, head of the Chongqing subsidiary of China Travel Agency, said it was the company's most popular destination up until last week. Cancellations began pouring in on Friday.

"The phones have been ringing continuously as tourists call to make cancellations," he said.

They were also forced to reduce their travel packages to the ROK after airlines cut flights, Liao said.

Xu Rui, a tourist who recently canceled his booking with the agency, said he was only refunded 80 percent of his fee. He had reserved a five-day trip to the ROK costing 5,000 yuan (806 U.S. dollars) per person.

Travel agencies have taken additional safety measures for tourists still planning trips, handing out hand sanitizer and having groups wear masks throughout the visit.

They also advise new customers to avoid the ROK.

In Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province across the Yellow Sea from the ROK, a newly-launched international cruise route has been left abandoned following the MERS outbreak.

Cruise company Xinhua Yuntong International Travel Agency said much of its business was centered around routes to Japan and the ROK launched on May 29. Now, only cruises to Japan are in service.

The first confirmed MERS patient in China, a man from the ROK, tested positive in Guangdong on May 29. By Wednesday, he was in stable condition and slowly recovering, the health and family planning commission of Guangdong Province said.

Seventy-eight people with close access with the patient were placed under a quarantine in Guangdong that is expected to end this week. So far, none of them have shown symptoms.

The Shandong provincial tourism bureau has warned travel agencies to brief customers on the condition of MERS in the affected countries and regions.

Highlights
Hot Topics
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 成人欧美精品 | 999成人网 | 欧美一区二区日韩 | 国产三级av在线 | 欧美成人免费 | 国产极品少妇 | 亚洲精品免费播放 | 男女爱爱视频免费看 | 日日精 | 中文av网站| 国产野战 | 国产精品3| 久久免费视频播放 | 国产免费观看av | 在线成人小视频 | 亚洲免费小视频 | 一区亚洲 | 国产精品日韩av | 日韩色综合 | 欧美日韩网址 | 亚洲激情视频网站 | 亚洲黄色片网站 | 综合黄色| 欧美一级色片 | 中文字幕第五页 | 久久国产精品网站 | 亚洲一区二区综合 | 免费在线观看av网站 | 五月婷婷激情五月 | 射黄视频 | 日韩一级在线观看 | 91国内精品久久久久 | 一本加勒比北条麻妃 | 成人午夜av | 色婷婷在线视频 | 玖玖视频在线 | 亚洲精品二| 国产精选在线观看 | 手机看片日韩日韩 | 中国国产毛片 | 99九九视频 |