The government announced a new blockchain-based mobile app which will ensure health and safety while it protects personal identity and privacy to tourists travelling to Jeju Island, one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
The Island will use a Decentralized Identity (‘DID’) blockchain technology to provide private, secure coronavirus contact tracing to visitors. ICONLOOP, leading blockchain technology company, and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province signed a cooperation agreement to introduce this prevention system.
The Director of Health and Welfare of Jeju Self-Governing Province, Tae-bong Lim, stated that “through this new infectious disease prevention system, Jeju Island will be able to be reborn as a safe and representative tourist destination in Korea. We look forward to revitalizing the local economy, which has been stagnant due to the prolonged pandemic.”
According to an official statement, visitors will have to use the mobile app to check into tourist destinations and businesses on Jeju Island, and their data will be kept private unless a case is discovered.