Gwangju City, Mandatory Passenger List Preparation for Charter Bus Riders

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 26th that it issued an administrative order on the 25th at 5 p.m. mandating the creation of passenger lists for charter bus riders.

This administrative order targets short-term charter bus users, such as those using buses for one-time events, tourism, or gatherings, where it is difficult to identify individual users.

Charter buses that operate regularly and have identifiable users, such as school buses, commuter buses, and academy buses, are excluded.

Charter bus operators must verify the personal information of passengers before operating the bus and keep the passenger list for four weeks.

The creation of passenger lists should primarily be done using electronic entry logs by scanning QR codes, but handwritten logs may be used if unavoidable.

Violations of the administrative order may result in prosecution and fines of up to 3 million KRW under the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, and claims for all quarantine-related costs may be made.

Son Doo-young, head of the city's Public Transportation Division, said, “This measure is to identify the personal information of charter bus users in advance to prevent and block the spread of COVID-19 infections in the community, which continue to occur,” and added, “We ask citizens to strictly comply with the administrative order.”

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