“We are deeply sorry that our customers are causing the inconvenience by using some facilities at the women’s sauna in the Grand Josun Jeju Hill Suite because mirror cover is missing for some windows. [problems in] serving the blinds, ”reads the statement issued on 18 February.
“The sauna’s operation has been suspended and we are investigating deficiencies carefully and taking immediate steps to rectify them.”
The hotel explained that the special cover makes it impossible for people to enter the sauna during the day, but that it does not work the same way at night, and therefore the blinds are supposed to sag as soon as it is dark.
“I went to Jeju Island on my honeymoon and stayed in a suite room in a newly opened five star hotel, but my honeymoon was the worst memory of my life,” the blogger wrote, explaining that he and his wife enjoyed. use of the pool and sauna.
He adds: “On my last day I went for a walk, but when I looked at the windows of the sauna, I realized that I could see inside the sauna from the outside. I could see the thermometer in the sauna through the windows We could see the inside of the showers and bathrooms from the outside, from the hotel entrance, the aisle, the car park and even the balconies of the hotel rooms.
“My wife and I were shocked when we found out. The thought that we might have used bathrooms and showers in front of a lot of people gives me chills and we get therapy treatment.”
According to Korean Yonhap News Agency, local Seogwipo police were called when guests began complaining to hotel staff. The manager of the hotel was not in town for the New Year holiday, the blogger claims.
Police are now going through CCTV footage to determine if anyone was exposed while using the facilities and if anyone took illegal photos or videos from outside.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, steam and dry sauna rooms have been closed, but general baths are open with capacity constraints. As the country’s borders remain closed to non-residents and quarantine laws apply, many Koreans have opted for domestic holidays this year.
Top image: A general view shows beachgoers at Hamdeok Beach on the southern resort island of Jeju on 24 August 2020. (Photo by Daniel De Carteret / AFP via Getty Images)