On March 11, 2017 (February 14, 2017 lunar calendar), 3,400 Chinese tourists refused to disembark from Jeju Island. Just as the "Thaad" incident was diluted by the ouster of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, the latest "feat" of Chinese tourists once again drew "Thaad" into the eyes of the Chinese people. According to the South Korean English-language TV channel "The World On Arirang" (TheWorldOnArirang) on March 12, at noon on March 11, 2017, when an international cruise ship arrived in the southern resort island of Jeju, 3,400 Chinese tourists refused to disembark. The cruise ship, the famous Costa Serena, originally departed from the city of Fukuoka in Japan. The captain did not expect this to happen at the time. After a four-hour stop on Jeju Island, the cruise ship sailed to its next stop, the Chinese city of Tianjin. According to a screenshot of the "Arirang TV" report, Jeju Island has been popular with Chinese tourists in recent years; but according to local officials, this has never happened in 20 years. According to Yonhap News Agency on the 12th, there were already more than 80 sightseeing buses waiting on the pier at that time, and shopping places such as Jeju duty-free shops and dozens of tour guides were also ready to receive them. When they learned that Chinese tourists had gathered to disembark, they did not know how to react. The local immigration and quarantine staff pointed out that although some Chinese tourists who came to South Korea on cruise ships recently refused to disembark, this is the first time that all Chinese tourists refused to disembark. Yonhap News Agency reported screenshot Despite strong opposition from China, South Korea's Lotte Group finally decided to provide a venue for the deployment of the "THAAD" system late last month. Soon, the Chinese people launched their own boycott of products and industries related to South Korea. Naturally, Korean media also linked the refusal of Chinese tourists to disembark the Costa Selena this time to "THAAD". South Korea's Niusis News Agency analyzed that this is "THAAD retaliation becoming a reality". According to the report, as one of the countermeasures against the deployment of "THAAD", China has strictly controlled its citizens' travel to South Korea. After March 16, Chinese tourists will completely disappear from international cruise ships from South Korea. According to South Korean media, due to China's strict restrictions on travel to South Korea, the two cruise ships under Costa's subsidiary to Jeju from 16 this month to June 30 were all cancelled, with a total of 26 trips. According to the average of 2,300 Chinese passengers carried by each Costa cruise ship last year, Costa Cruises alone will bring less Chinese tourists to Jeju 120,000. According to the "2017 Cruise Industry Development Plan" announced by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea in February. According to the plan, South Korea will increase the number of foreign cruise ships leaving Hong Kong in South Korea and continue to add new ports of call, and strive to attract 3 million tourists to travel to South Korea by 2020. A person in charge of the Ministry said that the number of Chinese tourists who come to South Korea by cruise ship may be adjusted due to the Chinese government's countermeasures against "THAAD". South Korea's "JoongAng Ilbo" quoted data from the Korea Tourism Development Bureau on March 6 and pointed out that last year, the total number of foreign tourists to South Korea was about 17.242 million, and Chinese tourists accounted for 46.8%. Affected by "THAAD", Chinese tourists to South Korea will be greatly reduced, and the relevant tourism industry has begun to turn its attention to Japan, India and South East Asia. According to a previous report by LSJT today, as the "THAAD" incident continues to ferment, many domestic travel agencies in China have announced that they will stop selling travel routes to South Korea. However, the Chinese official has not officially issued the so-called "travel ban" as described by Korean media. The National Tourism Administration only reminded on its official website on the 3rd of this month that in the recent period, there has been a sharp increase in the number of cases of Chinese citizens being blocked from entering Jeju Island in South Korea, and some of the rejected immigrants have been waiting for repatriation at the local airport for a long time, which has aroused widespread concern from public opinion and all walks of life. The National Tourism Administration attaches great importance to this, and has met with officials from the Korean Embassy in China, the Korean Cultural Institute, and the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in China to raise serious representations on relevant issues. "Arirang TV" quoted the latest survey by the Korea Trade Association (KoreaInternationalTradeAssociation) and pointed out that more than 600 enterprises involved in tourism, retail and cultural industries have been affected. In addition, more than 200 enterprises claimed that they were not affected by this and said they would continue to work hard in the next three months. After all, "struggling to support" is not a long-term solution. During the two sessions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out that some forces in South Korea should not continue to go their own way, otherwise the result will only be harm to others and themselves. He stressed that China urges South Korea to pull back from the brink, suspend deployment, and not go further and further down the wrong path.