This is Hamdeok, Jeju … Is this a beach that closed early?

75,800 people visited Jeju for 3 days
A crowd of vacationers in the nearby business district.
Half the conversation without a mask
8 confirmed pensions
Including a Minister of Foreign Affairs

On the weekend, the afternoon of the 29th, Hamdeok Beach in Jeju. The parking lot and nearby roads were full of vehicles. The appearance of people playing in the water and relaxing on the beach in over 30 degrees weather seemed like any other summer day. Nearby shopping centers were also full of tourists. If you don’t look closely at the banner announcing the “closure” of the beach, it’s hard to believe that it was closed to block the spread of Corona 19 from midnight on the 23rd.

However, only half of them wore masks on the beach. When I walked down the street, I would cover my mouth with a mask, but in coffee shops and other places, most spoke without masking. Visited this place again on the 31st. Although it was busy compared to the weekend, it was easy to see those who enjoy the summer vacation without wearing masks, even in the strengthening distance.

In Jeju, corona19 confirmed one after another. Jeju Island announced on the day that 20 confirmed cases occurred due to visits by residents of the metropolitan area and residents of the metropolitan area, who had visited the metropolitan area from the 20th to the 31st, and ‘n-th infection’. Guesthouses and hot springs are at the center of Jeju’s spread of infection. Unlike airports, ports, inland tourist destinations, and luxury hotels, where masks are a must, quarantine management was lax in small lodgings, outdoor tourist destinations, hot springs and hot springs. Beaches. On July 20, after the 26th confirmed case in Jeju, there were no confirmed cases for a month, and some tourists and residents stopped wearing masks.

In fact, at the rooftop garden guesthouse in Namwon-eup, Seogwipo-si, from 27 to 29, 8 people were confirmed, starting with the operator infected with Corona 19 after visiting Seoul, including employees, visitors, guests and another employee of the guest house where the guests stayed. This included an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who recently stayed here. Kim Hyun-ju (41, Namwon-eup, Seogwipo-si) said: “There were many places where tourists had dinner gatherings with tourists in guest houses all over town, perhaps due to the excitement of having come on a trip. “. Jeju Island banned gatherings of 10 or more people to prevent boarding house parties on the 28th, then issued a ban on gatherings again on the 30th.

According to the summary by the Jeju Island Tourism Association, about 75,800 people visited Jeju last week from Friday to Sunday alone.

Incident #Corona 19