[스포츠]Tokyo Olympics decide not to attract foreign audiences for the first time

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The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed for one year due to Corona 19, were eventually held without foreign spectators.

The event organizer will proceed with the process of refunding about 900,000 tickets sold abroad.

Reporter Seung-bae Lee reports.

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The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games, which will open in July, will be held without foreign audiences.

The Japanese government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Olympic Organizing Committee have held video conferences with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to finalize this policy.

[토마스 바흐 / 국제올림픽위원회(IOC) 위원장 : 안전한 올림픽을 치르기 위해 어려운 결정을 할 수밖에 없다는 점을 이해해주시기 바랍니다.]

This decision was made to alleviate the Japanese people’s anxiety about hosting the Tokyo Olympics as the world’s corona19 situation is still severe and mutant virus spreads.

The Japanese government reported that it was virtually impossible to thoroughly implement infection countermeasures while managing the behavior of many entrants here.

[하시모토 세이코 / 도쿄 올림픽 조직위원장 : 도쿄올림픽을 찾는 해외 관중들이 숙소·항공 예약에 혼선을 빚지 않도록 최대한 빨리 결정하는 게 낫다고 판단했습니다.]

According to this, the organizer of the competition will proceed with a process of refunding about 900,000 tickets sold abroad.

In principle, it was decided not to accept volunteers living abroad as well as the audience.

Regarding the issue of accommodating the stadium by spectators in Japan, it was decided to set a specific scale for the next month.

It is known that the current Japanese government is considering a plan to limit the maximum number of visitors to 50% of the capacity to accommodate domestic sports events.

This is YTN Lee Seung-bae.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]