"오지 마세요"...몰리는 관광객에 제주 유채꽃 '파쇄'<br /><br />Among the must-see sites on South Korea's southern island of Jeju are the canola flowers during spring.<br />However, with concerns over the mass gathering of visitors amid the coronavirus outbreak,... canola flower farmers have decided to destroy the fields.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />Four massive tractors pass through the field,... filled with canola flowers.<br />The flowers, which symbolize spring each year,... have now been destroyed,.... turning the field into a plot of barren land.<br />Ironically,... the reason behind the destruction of the flower fields,... is the very tourists who make this area a popular tourist destination in Jeju.<br />With visitors continuing to flock to the fields during the COVID-19 outbreak,... farmers had no choice, but to destroy them.<br />"There were requests from villagers to destroy the fields quickly, so we thought this would be the best thing to do to prevent tourists."<br />Due to the high elderly population on the island,... concerns over COVID-19 infection are high,... and most villagers agreed on the need to destroy the canola flowers.<br />The field measures 9-point-5 hectares,... a size which can fit 13 stadiums,... the size of Seoul World Cup Stadium.<br />In addition,... all the canola flowers along the Noksan-ro,... one of the top 100 beautiful roads in South Korea were destroyed, as well.<br />With the Canola flower festival also cancelled,... Seogwipo City announced it would support the villages impacted by the cancellation.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
