S. Korea tourist numbers hammered by China boycott

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/iz7iuPPr6KLVQYhzZuFlgw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/370e42808eab7ca18385f019a718b50c981029e1.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/korea-tourist-numbers-hammered-china-boycott-043412876--finance.html)Chinese tourist numbers to South Korea plunged by two-thirds in April after Beijing banned tour groups over Seoul's deployment of a US missile defence system, official statistics showed. Beijing imposed a boycott from March 15 on Chinese tour groups visiting the South in a spat over the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Washington and Seoul say it is purely to defend against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea, but Beijing fears it could undermine its own nuclear deterrent and has reacted with fury, imposing a series of measures seen as economic retaliation.



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