<기사>Chuseok Holiday Tickets Sold Starting from Window Seats... Remaining Seat Sales to Be Decided Later Considering Demand (Update)

Korail on the 31st, SR for 3 days from the 7th next month

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] As the momentum of the fourth wave of COVID-19 in South Korea shows no signs of slowing, train tickets for this year's Chuseok holiday (September 17?22) will be sold starting with window seats, taking quarantine measures into consideration. The government plans to sell window seats first and then decide on the sale of remaining seats later based on the COVID-19 outbreak situation and trends in confirmed cases.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 25th that this decision was made after receiving a report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport regarding the train ticket sales plan for this year's Chuseok holiday.

At a regular briefing, Park Hyang, head of the Central Accident Response Headquarters' quarantine team, stated, "The Central Disaster Headquarters has decided to prioritize selling window seats on trains first, considering the current quarantine situation, and will determine whether to sell all seats after further review."

Park added, "Since many patients are still occurring and vaccinations are ongoing, more review is needed regarding the forecast of the outbreak during the Chuseok holiday and quarantine responses. It is necessary to comprehensively consider the fact that there have been no cases of infection spread on trains, the possibility of demand shifting to other means of transportation, and that 70% of the entire population is expected to be vaccinated by Chuseok."

He continued, "Whether aisle seats or other remaining seats will be available for purchase will be announced after reviewing the outbreak forecast and response measures for the Chuseok holiday."

Train ticket reservations for the Chuseok holiday will be conducted by Korail for three days starting from the 31st, and by SR for three days starting from September 7.

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