What's the matter with some domestic hotels suspending their travel to Korea?

Recently, in order to protest against the deployment of the "Sade" system in South Korea and the deployment place provided by Lotte Group of South Korea for "Sade", some travel agencies such as Tuniu and Tongcheng announced that they would suspend their travel to South Korea and began to remove Korean tourism products one after another.

According to Korean media reports, China National Tourism Administration verbally ordered to ban all online and offline sales of Korean tourism products, and plans to gradually expand the scope of the "Korean tourism ban" to the whole of China.

However, many travel companies have adjusted their tourism products in Korea in an open or closed way.

Among them, Tongcheng and Tuniu publicly expressed their strong indignation at the deployment of the "Sade" system in South Korea and the provision of deployment sites for "Sade" by Lotte Group of South Korea.

Tongcheng Tourism said that it will "conduct business in the principle of national interests above all else" and take measures to adjust the offline tourism product line. Tuniu has removed the products of group tours and self-help tours from South Korea and stopped selling them.

At the same time, the National Tourism Administration reminds China citizens to pay attention to 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 our local embassy or consulate in time, and collect and preserve relevant evidence so as to solve it through complaints or judicial channels in the future.

The National Tourism Administration did not respond positively to whether to stop traveling to South China. In response to a reporter's question about the ban issued by the Korean tourism authorities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Geng Shuang said: "I have never heard of this situation." He also said: "Instead of chasing shadows and being suspicious, it is better to listen to the voices of the people and take practical measures to avoid further damage to China-ROK relations and exchanges and cooperation between the two countries."

Insiders pointed out that South Korea has always been one of the most important outbound destinations for China tourists, and even ranked among the top five outbound destinations for China people all the year round. The removal of Korean tour products by some travel agencies will have a great impact on Korean tourism and cruise tourism between Japan and South Korea.