'Corona Era' changed journey... "I want to spend more money on safety"

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These days a lot has changed with the

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corona.

When it comes to travel, demand has dropped significantly, and even if you go on a trip after worrying, there is an atmosphere that puts safety first.

Today (29th), a continuous report from living in the Corona era, looks at our changing travel culture.

This is Sohn Hyung-an and Choi Jae-young.

<Reporter Son Hyeong-an> When

you enter the parking lot by a passenger boat or car for Jeju, which is about to depart, the empty space comes into your eyes first.

The rooms were also empty.

This is because group tourists have decreased since the coronavirus.

[Kim Soon-Tae / Secretary General of Passenger Ships: There are a lot of group tourists and mountaineers coming here and there.

Before Corona.

In the case of now, it can be said that such parts are almost completely gone.]

Seongsan Ilchulbong parking lot and charter bus parking spaces used by group tourists are empty.

It is a chartered bus company near the airport.

Chartered buses, which have to travel around Jeju with a large number of group tourists, are now completely stopped because there is no work.

[Soo-Eun Ko/CEO of chartered bus company: In the month of September and October of last year, almost 80-90% of operation was started.

But this year, reservations came in, canceled and canceled.

The ledger is now drawn out.]

Group travel has almost disappeared since the coronavirus.

In famous tourist destinations, it is mainly conducted for individual tours.

[Oh Tae-hee/Director of rental car company: In February-March, when the corona broke out, the (use rate) fell below 50% compared to the previous year?

The current situation is less than 80% of the previous year.]

Travel consumers are starting to avoid the pre-Corona group tour, which requires people to stay with strangers in tight spaces even if they cover the sanitation and quarantine costs called'safety costs'. I did.

[Woon-Jun Lee/Goyang-si, Gyeonggi: There are a lot of people crowded, and I'd rather be good at that, but pay more.

Safely among us playing something like naeunikka]

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<Choi Jae news>

As you saw Corona laid changing the form of travel for personal travel center has also changed the hostel messes with the selection criteria.

Prior to Corona, transportation and location were paramount, but now more than half of respondents say hygiene and quarantine have become the most important conditions for accommodation choices.

In addition, 8 out of 10 respondents said they were willing to pay more if they had well-protected accommodation.

I asked a little more specifically.

When asked how much more they could pay, 62% of the respondents said they could pay 10% more.

And 26% said they could pay 20% more.

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<Reporter Son Hyung-an> A

family of three camping in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do.

It's because of safety that I went on an untact trip for my family, spending money on inexpensive camping gear.

[Jaecheon Jang/Jungnang-gu, Seoul: I don't want to go to places with a lot of people.

To be honest.

So, I try to go to a quiet place with my family.]

[Kim Ho-ki/Yonsei University Professor of Sociology: It can be said that the so-called safety cost, which considers safety as an important value, has emerged as a very important condition through Corona 19.] The

world after Corona, The group travel culture that people used to see, eat and enjoy together is now lost.

Travel has been personalized, and the safety costs to pay are increasingly high.

(Video coverage: Lee Byeong-ju, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Hong Sung-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Ye-jeong, Sung Jae-eun)