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On the 22nd, the government announced special quarantine measures for the end of the year and the New Year’s response to Corona 19 with such details. The period of special quarantine measures is from January 24 to 3 of next year. Prior to this, on the 21st, the local governments of the metropolitan area such as Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon announced a plan to ban groups of 5 or more people, which will be applied from the 23rd. Measures were proposed to strengthen the quarantine that will be they apply collectively. Consequently, reservations and entry of more than 5 people are prohibited in restaurants throughout the country. In the event of non-compliance, a fine of no more than 3 million won will be imposed on the operator and less than 100,000 won on the user. Like the metropolitan area, it is strongly recommended to cancel private meetings with more than 5 people in the non-capital area.
Winter sports facilities such as ski resorts and snow sleds are also classified as prohibited throughout the country and their operation is prohibited. The main tourist attractions, national and public parks, etc., which attract visitors at the beginning of the year, are also closed to receive the sun. In order to minimize movement, such as travel, room reservations for accommodation facilities across the country, such as hotels, are limited to 50% of available rooms. Apart from these measures to strengthen the special quarantine, the government announced that it would decide at the end of this week whether to prolong or increase the current phase of distancing, which ends on the 28th.
However, criticism has been raised that confusion is intensifying in the field due to the government’s overuse of quarantine prescriptions to ‘ingest’ while keeping pace. Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Guro Hospital, said: “National fatigue is increasing not because of Corona 19, but because of the confusion of government quarantine measures.” Tight. There is also a controversy about fairness. Recently, group infections have occurred not only in ski resorts, but also on golf courses, but they have been excluded from the group ban on special quarantine measures.
On the 21st, the number of new confirmed corona19 cases in Korea fell to 800 in a week, but the number of deaths occurred at 24 for two days in a row, and the trend of a sudden increase in deaths is not decreasing.
[윤지원 기자]50% limit for hotel guests … Hotel / Resort “Who should cancel”
Strengthen the prevention of crown forceps
Panic at the ski resort closed during high season
At least 5 billion won in sales
Skiers who bought the pass in advance
“Holidays and money are ruined.”
Reduce rental store cancellations and refunds
“Hancheol business … I’ve been living for 1 year”
To prevent the spread of Corona 19, private gatherings with more than 5 people in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon are scheduled to be restricted from 0 o’clock on the 23rd, and a notice was posted that it is difficult to eat in one seat with more than 5 people at a restaurant in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 22nd. This restriction will be enforced until 12:00 pm on January 3 of next year. Violation of this will result in a fine of up to 3 million won. [이충우 기자]“I thought it would be nice to ski or be outside. I’m sorry I bought the season pass.”
22nd Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do. Cheeks exploded between the skiers. As the spread of Corona 19 did not stop, the government put up a major storm of ‘national ski resort closures’ from January 24 to January 3, when the New Years holiday ends, and the season pass became useless. during this time. The closing period of the ski resort is unlikely to be longer.
Mr. Ahn (32) said, “I bought a combined season ticket for 400,000 won this year, which can use the two locations in Hongcheon Vivaldi and Pyeongchang Phoenix,” he said. He said: “Indoor activities that are vulnerable to contagion like offices and public transport are relatively limited and leisure very limited.” “In the case of skiing, as each person has protection measures against the cold outdoors, the risk of transmission is low, but the regulation seems excessive.” I regretted it
The ski resorts that were hit by surprise bombings with “special quarantine measures at the beginning of the year”, such as a 50% restriction on accommodation facilities in major tourist spots, are panicking. It’s a ski facility, but it’s fine if the door is closed, but for accommodations that have already been booked, the controversy over the standard for filtering 50% of guests can grow, and there are rumors all over the site. First, the slopes of the three ski resorts, including Yongpyeong, Phoenix and Vivaldi, Hongcheon, which are ‘Big 3’ in Gangwon-do, will be fully closed from January 24 to 3 next year. Some season pass holders have missed the golden season at the beginning of the year, so they are pushing the ski resorts to pay adequate compensation. It is also not easy to impose a 50% occupancy rate. Since the 22nd, the ‘room cancellation’ has been promoted by sending text messages to all reservations, but it is a position that not a few leisure groups have entered the endurance.
The sales decline that flies during the golden season early in the year must also be addressed by the industry. Large ski resorts generate sales of 20 to 25 billion won on average during the ski season alone. The company appears to have to prepare for a decrease in sales of more than 5 billion won.
Villas, pensions and apartments near the main ski resorts that operate the “seasonal room” were also attacked overnight. Most seasonal rooms where ski and surf families stay as a group sign long-term contracts of three to four months each season. One owner sighed and said: “How to return the down payment,” he said, “it could be a legal dispute because it is a seasonal contract, but if the government gave advance instructions, there would have been no confusion.”
For rental shops and pensions around the ski resort, reservations are canceled. Lee, 35, who runs a rental store, said: “We keep canceling reservations and refund requests,” he said. “Because the reserves already received have been spent as operating expenses, such as employee salaries, it is difficult to know how to offset the additional expenses.”
Major lodging facilities at the sunrise and sunrise locations that were expected to be special at the end of the year through Corona 19 also fell into chaos. This is because a large-scale cancellation situation occurred as a result of a megaton-class accommodation restriction following the ban on gatherings of five or more people in the metropolitan area. In fact, a boarding house in Tongyeong, a representative attraction of sunrise, was hit directly by a group of 30 people who had been fighting to cancel it after this action.
It is also difficult to artificially lower the accommodation rate below the 50% suggested by the health authorities before the 24th, when the special quarantine measures were implemented.
An official at a hotel near Ulsan, whose stay rate at the end of the year exceeded 80%, said: “Initially we sent a text message to encourage cancellation to all guests” and “especially to customers who made a reservation On the 24th of Christmas Eve, we encourage cancellation through an individual phone call. ” I’m doing it, but it’s not easy to persuade. ”
Party rooms that are frequently used as places for individual gatherings and parties were also included in the gathering ban. We will also strengthen the quarantine rules for department stores and large markets where users can be crowded with purchases, such as buying gifts during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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