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![A cosmetics store within Lotte Department Store in Daegu allowing customers to smell their sample perfumes on Tuesday. As the government has been taking steps toward easing Covid-19 restrictions and returning to normalcy, department stores that stopped offering samples have also been relaxing their restrictions. As such cosmetics sales have surged. In the last two weeks since the government eased regulations, cosmetics sales are estimated to have increased 32 percent compared to the previous two weeks. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10555156.jpg?imageId=10555156&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Owners of indoor gyms demanding that the government and the ruling Democratic Party lift obligatory vaccine passes protest in front of the DP’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on Wednesday. Since Nov. 1, the government’s social distancing regulations have been eased, including no restrictions on business hours for cafes and restaurants and allowing up to 10 people to congregate. Several business types, including indoor gyms, noraebang and public bathhouses, still face restrictions. To use these venues, customers have to have a vaccine pass that verifies that they have been fully vaccinated. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10555470.jpg?imageId=10555470&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The empty lobby at the Seoul Royal Hotel in Myeong-dong. The number of visitors to hotels and amusement parks has dropped significantly since Covid-19 social-distancing restrictions were upped. [KIM SANG-SEON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10942529.jpg?imageId=10942529&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)