"Jeju Airport is a mess of Chinese tourists," the South Korean "Chosun Ilbo" reported on the 15th, Jeju citizen Roh posted on Facebook on the 12th, "Chinese people frantically tear the packaging of duty-free goods, and the cleaners silently pile these packages on the side like a hill. The cost of the garbage should also be borne by the citizens. For the first time, I feel the need to charge the entrance fee."

While writing this message, Roh posted a photo (above) of the Jeju Airport International Line departure lounge that looks like a garbage dump. According to the report, the garbage consisted mainly of cartons and plastic packaging materials for duty-free goods. The Chinese tourists received the goods at the duty-free counter near the departure lounge, unpacked them, took out the goods, and threw the trash directly onto the floor of the departure lounge. This appears to be an attempt to reduce the volume of duty-free goods and avoid customs inspection when they return home.

The Chosun Ilbo said that the international line was said to have generated more than 100 garbage bags with a capacity of 100 liters in the departure lounge alone. After the Chinese tourists left, three landscaping workers sweated and cleaned up the mess. In addition, some Chinese tourists also litter in the ferry Bali.

The news reached China and caused heated discussion on the Internet. Some netizens said that they went to China in December last year, and it was true. Some netizens questioned whether the airport was built for Chinese people. Why did it have to be Chinese tourists? The duty free pick-up points at Chinese airports are immaculate.

Yonhap News Agency, which is also concerned about this matter, said on the 15th that behind the transformation of airport lounges into "garbage dumps", there are also structural problems such as airports and duty-free shops. The article said that when Chinese tourists travel to Jeju, the duty-free goods they buy are picked up through duty-free delivery points in the airport upon departure. The problem is that hundreds of Chinese tourists crowded into the small departure lounge at one time during the more than two hours of departure formalities and other procedures. What's more, there are few trash cans in the close proximity of duty free delivery points or boarding gates. Some South Korean netizens have criticized large duty-free shops for not paying social fees to benefit from Chinese tourists, and Jeju Airport for being too late in introducing relevant measures.

In response, an official from the Jeju headquarters of the Korea Airport Corporation said that they plan to set up partitions in the duty-free sorting area, increase the number of cleaning staff, and advance the check-in time by one hour. It also plans to negotiate with the duty-Free Shop Association to simplify the packaging of duty-free goods. Ji Dong, special correspondent for the Global Times in Korea

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