[Photo] Koreans increasingly leaving country for Lunar New Year

Incheon International Airport recorded its greatest number of passengers (both arriving and departing) during the Lunar New Year holiday on Feb. 2. Data released on Feb. 8 reveals that 225,000 incoming and outgoing passengers used the airport’s facilities on that day, exceeding the previous record of 219,365, which was recorded on Aug. 5, 2018. The statistics show a growing trend of South Koreans leaving the country for the Lunar New Year, as opposed to the traditional practice of spending it at home with their families.