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Unreported lodging business is booming in Jeju, where tourists are flocking.
The local government even created a dedicated team to respond.
By Park Hye-jin, staff reporter.
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A commercial house in Hallim-eup, Jeju City.
When the enforcement team enters, the owner seems to be embarrassed and quickly arranges the sheets on the bed.
It turns out that this place has been in the lodging business for over a year even after it closed the business at the end of 2019.
Another townhouse nearby.
It is a licensed residential area, but tourists come from inside.
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“(Did you sign the rental agreement when you came here?) Should it be called our 3-week rental?
As the corona virus continues for a long time, the number of illegal lodging business activities that have not been reported in Jeju Island is rapidly increasing.
It has more than five times increased from 101 cases in 2018 before Corona to 542 cases last year.
Reservations and transactions are being made through accommodation sharing sites that provide information on vacant rooms.
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“Even if there is actually a lot of (tourist) influx, if illegal establishments prosper, they will all be shared, so establishments that are actually in the lodging business suffer a lot.”
Jeju City plans to investigate the business history of confirmed and unreported lodging establishments, and if any violations are found, accusations will be taken.
This is Park Hye-jin from MBC News.
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