The provincial government wants to alter the design of the cruise terminal at the Gangjeong Civil-Military Port. It wants to enlarge the immigration checkpoint area to accommodate a rising number of cruise passengers to Jeju, as well as the terminal’s parking lot. Mike Laidman reports.
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Jeju Port Cruise Terminal

It takes about two hours for 2,000 cruise passengers to go through immigration at the Jeju Port Cruise Terminal.

Visitors complain that they lose too much of their vacation time just getting through the process.

In the hopes of improving the situation, the Justice Minister himself visited the site and said efforts would be made to change things.

But a new cruise terminal, set to be built at the Gangjeong Civil-Military Port, faces the same possible problem.

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Gangjeong Civil-Military Port Cruise Terminal
Concerns voiced over immigration delays

The increase in cruise tourists to Jeju could delay immigration procedures there, too.

Local officials have therefore decided to modify the original plan and design of the new cruise terminal to accommodate a larger number of travelers.

While the existing Jeju Port Cruise Terminal has 15 immigration checkpoints, the new cruise terminal in Gangjeong will have 24, according to the new plans.

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Hyeon Gong-ho / Provincial maritime and fisheries dept.
We plan to change the original design and expand the parking area and the space for customs, immigration, and quarantine to make things easier for travelers.
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"주차장 확보나 CIQ(세관, 출입국 관리, 검역) 규모 적정성을 판단해서
크루즈 이용객 불편이 없도록 설계변경을 추진할 계획입니다."

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Moon Ho-seong

The parking lot was initially planned to have room for 30 buses at any one time, but this will be at least doubled in the new design.

The provincial government says it will formally submit the revised proposal to the national government after calculating the necessary extra budget.

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Mike Laidman

Construction of the cruise terminal at Gangjeong Port will likely resume next month and is expected to be ready for passengers by 2017.

Mike Laidman, KCTV