{"id":31232,"date":"2026-02-24T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31232"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:59:35","slug":"seoul-gains-from-tokyos-pain-over-lunar-new-year-as-politics-reshapes-chinas-tourism-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31232","title":{"rendered":"Seoul gains from Tokyo\u2019s pain over Lunar New Year as politics reshapes China\u2019s tourism map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/23\/76211f0c-34cd-4ff7-9970-26120ba8b991_3587583a.jpg?itok=0Nuwlwv3&amp;v=1771842739\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For his family\u2019s first overseas trip together, Tang Junjie carefully planned a holiday to Japan during China\u2019s longest <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Lunar New Year<\/span> break on record.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Flights were booked months in advance by the 22-year-old from Sichuan province, who had already made three solo visits to the neighbouring country that has long been a draw for Chinese tourists.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But a sudden deterioration in Sino-Japanese relations changed everything.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe original plan was to transit through Seoul on our way to Japan,\u201d Tang said. \u201cBut the airline couldn\u2019t refund the tickets at the time, so we decided to stay in Seoul and not continue on to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tang and his family were among the influx of Chinese tourists who visited Korea during the holiday period, which began on February 15 and ended on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3344356\/seoul-gains-tokyos-pain-over-lunar-new-year-politics-reshapes-chinas-tourism-map?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For his family\u2019s first overseas trip together, Tang Junjie carefully planned a holiday to Japan during China\u2019s longest Lunar New Year break on record. Flights&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[6292,8555,13821,5229,276,4028,16487,1645,9307,5058,791],"class_list":["post-31232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-chinas","tag-gains","tag-lunar","tag-map","tag-pain","tag-politics","tag-reshapes","tag-seoul","tag-tokyos","tag-tourism","tag-year","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}