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Countless people are moving to celebrate the biggest holiday in China, the Chinese New Year, after easing the quarantine measures in three years.
There are concerns that the corona will spread further because there is no space to set foot in each tourist destination, but Chinese authorities believe that 80% of the 1.4 billion population has already been infected.
This is Beijing Correspondent Jisung Kim.
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Terracotta Warriors and Horses at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi Province, China.
Tourists are literally pushed around by huge crowds.
[Tourist: I regret (being here)!
I don't want to go outside!
I want to go home!]
The famous mountain's hiking trails are packed with hikers, and the number of visitors to Shanghai Han Garden has exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels.
The Forbidden City is a major tourist attraction in Beijing.
Even here, the strongest cold wave has hit this winter, but tourists do not stop visiting.
As the high-intensity quarantine policy was released after three years, it was a so-called 'retaliation tour' for the Lunar New Year holiday, but there are also cases where refunds are requested because they cannot enter the tourist attraction.
[Refund!
refund!
Refund!]
The Chinese authorities, who announced that 59,000 people died from Corona 19 for about a month after the quarantine policy was eased on the 8th of last month, announced that 12,000 additional people died in the last week.
There are concerns that the number of patients may increase due to the Spring Festival.
However, a high-ranking Chinese official claimed that 80% of the 1.4 billion population has already been infected, and that the possibility of a second wave within 2-3 months is very low.
Chinese authorities estimate that 2 billion people will move during the Lunar New Year alone.
In addition, from the 6th of next month, it is a policy to promote overseas group tours for Chinese people in earnest.
(Video coverage: Choi Deok-hyeon, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, CG: Cho Soo-in, video source: The Woo-in)