China's World Cup Debut Triggers "S.Korea Tour" Fever

Eager soccer fans can't sit still any longer as they learnt that the Chinese National Soccer Team will take part in the World Cup in South Korea next year.

All in a sudden, the "South Korea Tour" offered by travel services in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, such as China Travel Service(Wenzhou) Ltd, China International Trave Service(Wenzhou) Ltd and China Youth Travel Service(Wenzhou) Ltd, attracted the public attention.

According to a staff worker with China Travel Service, there were about 100 people these days who called to ask information on the "South Korea Tour" during the FIFA World Cup Next year and over 30 people even came to make on-scene reservations.

There is no doubt that the World Cup will help drive the "South Korea Tour", However, it remained unknown how many tickets for next year's World Cup Wenzhou can get.

According to China International Travel Service staffs, the number of tourists to travel in S. Korea during the World Cup next year will be limited since South Korea's handling capability is limited.

(cnzj.org.cn 12/04/2001)

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