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China's representative tourist destination Hainan Island, which many Koreans visited before the corona, was shut down.

The Chinese government blocked people from coming and going when there were a lot of corona patients on Hainan Island.

As a result, 80,000 tourists were stranded without being able to travel.



This is Beijing Correspondent Young-tae Jeong.



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Hainan Island, a famous tourist destination called China's Hawaii.



Sanya, the center of luxury resorts and hotels, was shut down from 6 am on the 6th.



When all flights were canceled without notice, the airport went into chaos.



[Hainan Sanya City officials: Everyone, don't be too impatient and follow the guidance of the city government and airport staff...

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[Tourists: Send me home!

Send me home!]



As transportation was blocked, some people were homeless at the airport.



[Kwon Yang-hwan / local Korean (living in Sanya, Hainan): I wish I could give you a word in advance, but tourists would not have any information.

It was struck by lightning.]



After one person was confirmed with Corona 19 on the 1st, the number of confirmed cases exceeded 1,500 within a week, making Hainan the most severe corona virus area in China.



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[Kwon Yang-hwan / Local Korean (resident in Sanya, Hainan): If Sanya is released, Corona can spread to all of China, so I think it will be (blocked) for about a month like last April.]



Some of 80,000 tourists are tied up As the hotel raises the cost of accommodation, there was also a local report that the cost of a week's stay alone exceeded 35 million won.



[Hainan Tourist: Who is responsible for the expenses caused by the delay?

It's too expensive.]



In the end, the city government came up with a guideline to cut the hotel fee in half.



It is said that he could leave Sanya if he tested negative for the coronavirus five times in a week, but it is unclear when flights will return to normal.



The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it had determined that about 10 Koreans living in China were also visiting Sanya, and started to provide support, including the supply of necessary medicines.