China allows limited tours to South Korea as relationship gets better

China has now lifted the travel ban that it had earlier put on South Korea. The relationship between the two nations went sour earlier this year in March, when South Korea started deploying Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. China, considering it a threat to its own military capabilities, had applied a list of restrictions on South Korea.
Zhang, an employee at Huanyu Yuntong International Travel Agency said, "We just received the notice today." She said that tourism bureau is now letting them send groups to South Korea.

However, the ban end still appears restricted in some areas as some of the tour operators major Chinese cities informed that they were still unable to book group visits to South Korea.

"At present, according to the tourism bureau's rules, we still can't cooperate with websites." Zang informed. Last month, both the countries took major steps to improve their relations. The first step involved in the process was they had agreed to address China's concerns over THAAD and have agreed to have discussions.

Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, "We hope the two sides will create an enabling environment and conditions for our friendly exchange". He also said that he had no idea of the travel ban when he was asked about it at a press briefing.

Also South Korea's Moon is supposed to visit Beijing in the month of December.