"The maximum nine-day holiday." I'm going to travel abroad."Question mark" is an improvement in domestic demand.

[Anchor]
Demand for overseas travel is increasing as the review of the designation of a temporary holiday on the 27th enables a long holiday of up to nine days.

Although there is vitality in the sluggish travel market, there is also a negative outlook that the effect of boosting domestic demand, which is its original purpose, will be limited.

I'm reporter Hwang Bo Hye-kyung.

[Reporter]
Citizens can't hide their excitement at the news of the review of the designation of a temporary holiday on January 27.

[Go Hye-jin / Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do: It was good, it was connected to the weekend, so we added more vacation....]

{New Year's holidays are increasing in six days, including weekends, and more and more people are trying to go abroad as they can rest for up to nine days if they take a day off on the 31st.Looking at the reservation status of travel agencies

, bookings departing on the 25th, the first day of the holiday, accounted for the largest share with 20%.

Long-distance travel bookings are also increasing.

For another travel agency, bookings for travel to Europe during the Lunar New Year holiday accounted for 10% of the total, surpassing an average of 7% last year.

The travel industry, which was in crisis due to the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster, is focusing on catching special Lunar New Year.

[Heo Yul / Travel industry official: The reservation rate surged by 30% at the time as a temporary holiday was designated last year during Chuseok. The Americas are also trying to focus on long-distance regions such as Europe, Africa, and Egypt.]

The temporary holiday will be finalized when it is decided at the Cabinet meeting next week, and some say it is regrettable that discussions take place without much time left for the holiday.

[Kim Nayeon / Myongji-dong, Gangseo-gu, Busan: Looking at it now, it seems like there are no tickets, and it's a bit tight to plan a family vacation]

In addition, there are many predictions that it will not be of great help to self-employed people in Korea.

[Jungsik Kim / Honorary Professor of Economics at Yonsei University] If overseas consumption increases, domestic consumption decreases and domestic travel shrinks, so self-employed people can suffer.]


As the long holiday draws attention to overseas travel rather than domestic, there are concerns that the government's targeted effect on boosting the domestic economy will not be significant.

I'm YTN Hwang Bo Hye-kyung.

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: Kwon Seok-jae
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