UNatsumi Ishikawa, 25, uvakashele eKorea ohambweni lwezinsuku ezintathu kusukela ngoMgqibelo kuya ngoMsombuluko.
Ubethenga izimonyo e-Myeong-dong, enye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu izivakashi, ngoMsombuluko. Waneliseke kakhulu ngokuvakashela kwakhe lapha, kodwa abazali bakhe babekhathazeke ngokuphepha kwakhe.
"Abazali bami bangitshele mayelana nomlilo oqubuke endaweni yokudubula eBusan ngesikhathi ngibabiza ngeSonto," kusho u-Ishikawa etshela iKorea Times.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi bangivimbele ukuthi ngize eKorea ukube umlilo uvele ngaphambi kokuthi ngibhukhe indiza yami."
Izivakashi zaseJapan eziphendule inhlolokhono yomgwaqo ngoMsombuluko ekuseni eMyeongdong zivele zathi bezingazi ngalo mlilo.
U-Yuki Koshidaka, 33, uthe "angikezwa mayelana nomlilo."
Abavakashi baseShayina nabo bebengabonakali bekhathazekile ngomlilo waseBusan.
“Ngangingazi ngalo mlilo,” kusho u-Alan Chan, 54, waseHong Kong. Wafika eSeoul ngeSonto nomkakhe futhi wayethenga ngoMsombuluko.
Nokho, izikhungo zezokuvakasha zikhathazekile ngemiphumela yesikhathi esizayo yenhlekelele yegalari yokudubula.
Umabhalane wesitolo esiphethe uhlobo lwezimonyo i-Nature Republic, emaphakathi ne-Myeong-dong uthe, “Iningi lamakhasimende ethu lingamaJapane noma amaShayina futhi inani labathengi alizange lehle lisuka esilinganisweni.”
"Azikho izihambeli ezihoxise ukubhukha kwazo kule mpelasonto ngenxa yomlilo," kusho isisebenzi saseSeoul Royal Hotel eMyeong-dong. "Kodwa-ke, sibheke noma yimiphi imiphumela ngemuva kwalesi sigameko."
Abavakashi abayisikhombisa baseJapan bashonile ngesikhathi kusha igalari yokudubula yasendlini eBusan ngoMgqibelo kanti imboni yezokuvakasha ikhathazekile ngemiphumela yako. Abavakashi baseJapan benza ingxenye enkulu yezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezivakashela eKorea.
Ngokusho kweKorea Tourism Organisation (KTO), izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-5.8 zivakashele eKorea ngoSepthemba kanti izigidi ezingu-2.3 noma amaphesenti angu-40 azo zingamaJapane. Inani labahambi baseJapan lenyuke kakhulu ngonyaka odlule ngenxa ye-yen enamandla yafinyelela kumaphesenti angama-30 futhi izinga lokukhula liqhubekile kulo nyaka naphezu kokusabalala komkhuhlane A.
I-KTO ihlose ukuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-7.5 kulo nyaka futhi ikhathazekile ngomphumela ozokuba nawo umlilo waseBusan.
