韓國濟州島要對中國遊客取消免籤?

South Korea's Jeju Island may soon abandon a program allowing Chinese tourists to enter without a visa.

韓國的濟州島可能很快會廢除允許中國遊客免籤的政策。

according to a Yonhap report, due to a surge in crime committed by Chinese tourists, a petition is rapidly gaining signatures to reform Jeju's visa law and restrict Chinese visitors.

根據韓聯社報道，由於中國遊客在濟州島違法數量的增加，一封迅速得到了萬人簽名的請願書已經上交，申請修改濟州島的簽證政策，限制中國遊客。

Since 2002 when the visa-free policy took effect, over one hundred country's citizens are permitted to stay 30 days in Jeju.

自2002年起，免籤政策就開始實施，一百多個國家的公民都被允許可以在濟州島逗留30天。

However, as cases pile up involving violent Chinese tourists, Koreans have begun circulating a petition online seeking to restrict visa rights.

然而，由於中國遊客牽涉暴力的案件越來越多，韓國已經開始準備一份線上請願書，要求限制簽證。

The petition comes after a 50-year-old Chinese tourist stabbed a praying 61-year-old Korean woman in a chapel on September 17, 2016.

這封請願書的發起是在一起案件之後開始的，2016年9月17日，一名50歲的中國遊客在小教堂捅死了一名正在祈禱的61歲韓國婦女。

Earlier this month, a group of eight Chinese tourists were arrested after they fiercely beat a restaurant owner and two others. The owner had requested the group not drink alcohol bought from outside.

本月早些時候，中國遊客一行八人在毆打了一名餐廳老闆和其他兩個人之後被逮捕。事發原因是餐廳老闆要求他們不能在店內飲用外帶酒水。

In fact, of the 347 foreigners arrested this year, 240 were from China, according to the Korea Times. The number is less shocking when considering that 85.3 percent of the 2.6 million foreigners who visited Jeju in 2015 were Chinese.

事實上，根據韓國時報的數據，在今年被逮捕的347個外國人中，有240個來自中國。但當考慮到濟州島2015年260萬外國遊客中85.3%都是中國人之後，這個數據也就不那麼令人震驚了。

And this is why it is doubtful the petition will spark any change in the visa law.

這也是爲什麼這份請願書到底能不能給簽證政策帶來改變仍然是個未知數的原因。

Chinese tourists are vital to Jeju's tourism and hospitality industry. Restricting the inflow of visitors from China would severely damage the local economy.

中國遊客大大帶動了濟州島的旅遊業和服務業的發展。限制中國遊客的進入將會重創當地經濟。