English 中文网 漫画网 爱新闻iNews 翻译论坛
中国网站品牌栏目(频道)
当前位置: Language Tips> 天天读报> 每日播报

Search continues for missing tourists

[ 2010-10-19 13:03]     字号 [] [] []  
免费订阅30天China Daily双语新闻手机报:移动用户编辑短信CD至106580009009

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手

Thirty-three Chinese tourists who visited the southern resort island of Jeju in South Korea were still missing on Monday, prompting the local police to say they might want to remain in the country illegally.

Police said that about 1,300 Chinese tourists visited Jeju Island on Sunday on board the cruise ship Costa Classica. Forty-four of them, including 30 males and 14 females, failed to return to the ferry on time after taking a tour of the island.

Police said they have managed to locate 11 of them.

"As the Chinese tourists found by the police left their passports on board the ship but took their luggage with them, they appear to have entered the country with the intention of staying illegally and getting jobs," an investigator with the Jeju immigration office said on the condition of anonymity.

"As soon as we find all of them, we plan to deport them," the investigator added.

An official from the Republic of Korea (ROK) embassy in Beijing, who also wished to remain anonymous, told China Daily on Monday that the 11 Chinese who have been found will be put up in local hotels while police search for the others.

"It's possible to expel these Chinese if it is confirmed they acted intentionally, according to the law of the ROK," he said.

Checks have been intensified at airports, ports and hotels on the island.

Chinese passport holders have a 30-day tourist visa on arrival if they take direct flights or a cruise to Jeju, but South Korean police can detain them if they fail to follow the agenda they have arranged with Chinese travel agencies, according to an official, surnamed Zhu, from the Korea Tourism Organization's Beijing office.

"Traveling with a group or by oneself is different," said Ding Zhenyi, who works at the travel agency SAL Tour and has experience with cruises to Jeju.

"When people sign a contract with travel agencies, we assume the responsibility for the whole tour. Once we find any of our clients go missing overseas, our first response is to search for them, followed by contacting the local police."

The 52,000-ton Italian cruise ship Costa Classica departed from Shanghai on Oct 15 for a four-day cruise to Jeju. It returned to Shanghai at 10 am on Monday as scheduled.

Bi Qun, of Costa Cruise, said this is the first time that Chinese tourists have gone missing in Jeju. "We have received no further information from South Korea. All we can do at this stage is to give the passengers' names to the local police and cooperate with them," she said.

去听写专区一展身手

(中国日报网英语点津 Helen 编辑)

Search continues for missing tourists

About the broadcaster:

Search continues for missing tourists

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is fluent in Korean and has a 2-year-old son.

 
中国日报网英语点津版权说明:凡注明来源为“中国日报网英语点津:XXX(署名)”的原创作品,除与中国日报网签署英语点津内容授权协议的网站外,其他任何网站或单位未经允许不得非法盗链、转载和使用,违者必究。如需使用,请与010-84883631联系;凡本网注明“来源:XXX(非英语点津)”的作品,均转载自其它媒体,目的在于传播更多信息,其他媒体如需转载,请与稿件来源方联系,如产生任何问题与本网无关;本网所发布的歌曲、电影片段,版权归原作者所有,仅供学习与研究,如果侵权,请提供版权证明,以便尽快删除。
 

关注和订阅

人气排行

翻译服务

中国日报网翻译工作室

我们提供:媒体、文化、财经法律等专业领域的中英互译服务
电话:010-84883468
邮件:translate@chinadaily.com.cn