Has the Korean tour been stopped?

The South Korean tour has not stopped, but the National Tourism Administration reminds China citizens to be aware of the risks of outbound travel and choose their destinations carefully. Before traveling to South Korea, you must carefully and comprehensively understand the entry policy of South Korea and prepare relevant materials as required. In case of emergency, unfair treatment or dispute, you can contact the local embassy or consulate in time, and collect and save relevant evidence so as to solve it through complaints or judicial channels in the future.

Shortly after the National Tourism Administration released the information, the First Financial Reporter contacted Ctrip, Tuniu, Tongcheng, Mama Donkey, Chunqiu International Travel Service, China Youth Travel Service, Jinjiang and other travel companies. A number of operators revealed that a meeting was being held this afternoon to discuss how to deal with South Korean tour routes, but no official documents have been received from relevant departments. At present, some travel agencies are still following normal procedures, and some operators have begun to take the initiative to remove Korean tour products.

Beijing Wanzhong International Travel Service announced that it would cancel all travel products to Korea. Today, Tuniu removed all the products of South Korea's group tour and self-help tour, and strongly protested against the deployment of "Sade" system in South Korea and the provision of deployment place for "Sade" by Lotte Group of South Korea.

Tuniu further stated that tourists who have booked related products during the recent tour group in the early stage can travel normally. If it involves Lotte-related trips in Korea, customer communication will be adjusted; Tuniu will cancel communication with customers, give a full refund or transfer to other destinations.

Tongcheng Tourism told the First Financial Reporter: "Tongcheng Tourism expressed strong indignation at the deployment of the' Sade' anti-missile system and Lotte Group by the ROK. We will continue to conduct business in accordance with the principle of national interests first. The Sadr incident has seriously hurt the feelings of the Korean people. Tongcheng Tourism has taken measures to successively take tourism products and other related businesses offline to China. "

Tongcheng Tourism further stated that it will complete the removal of Korean tourism products within today.

The First Financial Reporter noted that in February 2005, 65438+2005+65438+2005, Tongcheng Tourism announced that it had reached a strategic cooperation with Korea Lotte Tourism Co., Ltd., and the two sides would jointly set up a joint venture company to purchase local tourism resources. Korea Lotte Tourism Company belongs to Korea Lotte Group.

Talking about the cooperation with Lotte, Tongcheng Tourism said that the business has been suspended at present, and how to deal with the relationship with Korean partners will depend on the development of the situation, and the possibility of taking further measures will not be ruled out.

At the same time, some travel agencies said that although Korean tourism products have not been completely removed from the shelves, they will consider withdrawing the tourist routes that have already formed a group. As for how to further deal with Korean hotels, ground travel agencies and scenic spots, it is still under consideration.

As for whether or not to remove Korean tourism products, as of the press release of the First Financial Reporter, neither Ctrip nor Mama Donkey gave a reply. Shanghai Airlines said that it would no longer accept Korean business in March 15.

South Korea's tourism industry will suffer.

According to Korean official statistics, more than 65,438+07,465,438+08 foreigners entered the country from 2065,438+06 to 65,438+02. Among them, China has the largest number of tourists, exceeding 8.268 million, accounting for 47.5%. However, in the second half of 20 16, the number of Korean tourists visiting the south of China dropped sharply, which Korean media said may be related to the negative effects brought by the deployment of the "Sade" anti-missile system in South Korea.

Reuters immediately reported that the share price of Hanatour, a Korean tourism company, fell by 7% after the news that some Korean tourism companies had removed Korean tourism products. It can be seen that the continuous fermentation of the "Sade" incident triggered a series of chain reactions, and tourism was the first to bear the brunt.

"As far as outbound travel is concerned, South Korea is a very important destination. Basically, Japanese and Korean tourism ranks in the top five in outbound travel. Especially in recent years, cruise tourism is very popular, and Japan-South Korea route is a regular cruise tourism route. Therefore, after some travel agencies remove Korean tour products, they will have a direct decline in Korean tourism and Japan-Korea cruise tourism in the near future. " Wei Changren, chief analyst of Power Consulting, pointed out.

It is worth noting that China tourists are also enthusiastic about "buying in buy buy", especially Lotte and other major duty-free shops, which are often crowded with tourists from China. After some travel agencies removed Korean tourism products, the tourism industry expects that the business of major duty-free shops such as Lotte will also directly encounter "Waterloo".

"In terms of outbound travel, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Europe and America all sell well. Now South Korea is expected to decline directly, so the passenger flow of outbound travel may be diverted to Thailand, Europe and the United States, and the pattern of outbound travel will change. " Wei Changren believes.

Airlines wait and see

For airlines, Japan-Korea route is also the preferred destination for airlines to open up international routes. At present, the three major state-owned airlines occupy a leading market share in Korean routes, and private airlines including Chunqiu, Jixiang and Okay have also opened up Japanese-Korean routes in recent years.

According to the reporter, there are many domestic cities flying directly to Jeju in the Spring and Autumn Period, as well as Korean routes from Shanghai and Shijiazhuang to Seoul. Fortunately, there is a route to Jeju, and Okay just started to launch overnight flights at Jeju Airport in South Korea at the end of last year, hoping to build a route network to major cities in China with Jeju in South Korea as the hub. At present, Okay has successively opened flights to and from Jeju in domestic cities such as Tianjin, Changsha, Nanjing, Chongqing, Ningbo and Hangzhou. A number of airlines told reporters that in fact, the reduction of group tours in South Korea has been reflected in the second half of last year. However, affected by the MERS epidemic in 20 15, the year-on-year data in 20 16 still increased, the passenger load factor of the routes from Beishangguang to Northeast to South Korea returned to the same level, and the capacity investment of second-tier cities in South Korea also gradually recovered.

According to the relevant data obtained by the reporter from China Airlines, from 20 16 to 10, the passenger volume of domestic airlines on China-Korea routes increased or decreased as follows: 10, 3. 15%,1kloc-0/.65438.

Many airlines also said that they are paying close attention to the follow-up impact, and some are already meeting to discuss countermeasures in order to make a decision on whether to adjust the capacity to South Korea.