The Consulate General of South Korea in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province has issued a notice suspending the acceptance of visa applications from many Chinese travel agencies in the three provinces of Northeast China.
近日，位于中国东北辽宁省沈阳市的韩国驻华总领事馆发布了一项通知，将暂停东北三省多家中国旅行社代办签证的业务。
Issued in late March, the notice said that the consulate general will not accept visa applications from a list of 52 travel agencies starting on April 18, according to the consulate's website. The consulate did not specify the reason for the notice.
据领事馆在3月底发布的这项通知显示，自4月18日起，总领事馆将不再接受名单上52家旅行社的签证申请。该领事馆的这份公文并未说明暂停的原因。
On last Monday, the South Korean government announced that it will suspend visa application services for any Chinese travel agency engaged in travel to North Korea in a push to control the north's main source of foreign income, tourism, Korea Joongang Daily reported last Tuesday.
据韩国中央日报社上周二报道，韩国政府上周一宣布，将暂停任何销售朝鲜旅游产品的中国旅行社的签证申请服务，目的是控制朝鲜外汇的主要收入来源：旅游项目。
The policy has been or will shortly be carried out in all of South Korea's consulates in China, the report noted.
该报道指出，所有韩国驻华领事馆已经实施或者正在准备实施这项政策。

A Heilongjiang-based travel agency that is on the consulate's list of suspended companies and that has business in both North and South Korea confirmed with the Global Times that they had received the notice from the consulate general.
在暂停服务名单之内的一家黑龙江旅行社，同时经营着朝鲜和韩国的旅游产品，经环球时报确认，他们确实收到了总领事馆的通知。
"As of now, our business has not been affected," said an agency staff member surnamed Zhang, adding that they have not yet determined their future plans.
旅行社的员工张某说，“目前为止，我们的业务并未受到影响。”此外，他还表示该旅行社尚未确定未来的发展计划。
Tourism exchanges between China and South Korea have grown rapidly in recent years. In 2015, an estimated 6.11 million Chinese visited South Korea, accounting for over 40 percent of the country's total foreign visitors, China Central Television reported.
据中国中央电视台报道，近年来中韩两国的旅游交流发展迅速。2015年约有611万中国人去韩国旅游，占韩国外国游客总数的40%。
Chinese visitors also contributed $22 billion to South Korea's economy in 2015, accounting for nearly 1.6 percent of the country's gross domestic product, Li Jinzao, chairman of the China National Tourism Administration, said at the Beijing opening ceremony of the 2016 Korea Tourism Year in China.
在中国北京举办的2016韩国旅游年开幕式上，中国国家旅游局局长李金早表示，2015年中国游客也为韩国经济贡献了220亿美元，约占其GDP总量的1.6%。