{"id":68574,"date":"2026-07-14T12:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68574"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:55:42","slug":"jeju-plan-to-allow-chinese-tourist-drivers-stokes-safety-backlash-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68574","title":{"rendered":"Jeju plan to allow Chinese tourist drivers stokes safety backlash in South Korea"},"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\/07\/14\/1b4d8040-fccf-4d7d-a894-e15a9a09ab3c_6e0c9062.jpg?itok=euZVcuoK&amp;v=1784002935\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Jeju\u2019s renewed push to allow Chinese tourists to drive rental cars on the South Korean resort island is reigniting a decade-old debate over safety, insurance and legal loopholes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On July 2, the island\u2019s Vice-Governor Park Cheon-su said allowing Chinese tourists to drive could boost visitor spending during a live-streamed meeting with senior provincial government officials.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cA large portion of independent foreign travellers are Chinese, but they cannot use rental cars at the moment,\u201d Park said. \u201cIf necessary, we could consider providing several hours of driving training in a short period so they can drive, as part of easing regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Park\u2019s remarks quickly triggered backlash online.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Many questioned who would be responsible in the event of accidents and whether Jeju\u2019s already overtaxed road safety system could withstand an influx of foreign drivers inexperienced with <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">South Korea<\/span>\u2019s traffic systems.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In response, the provincial government issued a statement on July 4 explaining that the idea was \u201cnot a reviewed or decided policy\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/east-asia\/article\/3360463\/jeju-plan-allow-chinese-tourist-drivers-stokes-safety-backlash-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeju\u2019s renewed push to allow Chinese tourists to drive rental cars on the South Korean resort island is reigniting a decade-old debate over safety, insurance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[7167,107,670,17932,1644,175,398,5246,26470,5021],"class_list":["post-68574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-backlash","tag-chinese","tag-drivers","tag-jeju","tag-korea","tag-plan","tag-safety","tag-south","tag-stokes","tag-tourist","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68574","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=68574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}