[Japan Switch/Korea Switch 2022/Korea Tourism/In-company Dating] In addition to Japan's announcement that the switch will resume on June 10, South Korea also announced earlier that it will resume the issuance of short-term visit visas to citizens of general countries (Level 1) from June 1. (C-3) and e-Visa, Hong Kong people are in sight of South Korea.
Some people in South Korea and Hong Kong said on a radio program today (27th) that South Korea is close to canceling all epidemic prevention measures, including vaccine passes, outdoor mask orders, etc.
She also said that South Koreans are not worried about re-infection, and they have come out of the haze of the epidemic. Now South Korea is preparing for the recovery of tourism, including a large number of restaurants in Myeongdong, Seoul.
She believes that the filming location of the Korean drama "Blind Date" and the newly opened theme park Lotte World in Busan are new popular tourist attractions.
South Korea canceled the vaccine pass in March and resumed tourist visas from June 1
Rachel, a native of South Korea and Hong Kong, works as a local tour guide and is responsible for hosting a one-day group of foreign tourists.
She said that South Korea has cancelled the vaccine pass since March, and officially cancelled the epidemic prevention measures in mid-April, that is, no longer restricting the business hours and the maximum number of people of businesses; until this month, it is not necessary to wear masks when outdoors.
Rachel continued to point out that the local government announced the resumption of tourist visas in June, and entry only requires a rapid test certificate within 24 hours, and no nucleic acid test is required.
She believes that if Hong Kong people have enough time to undergo a 7-day quarantine and return to Hong Kong, now is a good time to travel.
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Rachel, a native of South Korea and Hong Kong: Most of the Koreans who have been injected are ignoring the epidemic
Rachel said the South Korean government had decided at the end of last year that it needed to live with the virus and was gradually opening up to accepting tourists, including places like Singapore.
She said that since South Korea has received rapid test results, there are only about one testing center in each district, but the number of confirmed cases is still announced every month.
Rachel also pointed out that the current daily number of confirmed cases in South Korea is about 10,000 to 20,000, and Seoul accounts for about 3,000 of them.
But she's not worried about getting infected, arguing that Omicron's symptoms are mild, so long as it doesn't overload the medical system.
"Most of the Koreans around me have already received injections. Everyone seems to have left the shadow of the epidemic and almost ignored him."
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It is expected that the filming location of "Blind Date in the Company" will become a popular punch-in location, and Lotte World in Busan has opened
In recent years, the Korean wave has hit Hong Kong, and Hong Kong people love to "check in" at the filming locations of Korean dramas.
As a local tour guide, she believes that the next popular tourist attractions include the filming location of the hit Korean drama "Blind Date" and the theme park Lotte World, which has opened in Busan, and introduced that there are many new coffee shops in Seoul. You can "check in".
Many sauce crab restaurants in Myeongdong, Seoul have been closed, and new stores have gradually re-entered since April
Rachel also said that many restaurants selling soy sauce crabs in Myeongdong, Seoul, were unable to withstand the epidemic and closed down, but after the news of the resumption of customs clearance came out, stores gradually reopened in April this year.
She pointed out that due to the recovery of the local tourism industry, decoration masters, drivers, tour guides and other related industries have experienced manpower shortages.
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