1.34 million people expected to travel overseas during this year's Lunar New Year holiday

More than 1-point-3 million people are expected to travel overseas from the domestic airports during this year's Lunar New Year holiday period.

According to data submitted on Wednesday by Democratic Party lawmaker Yeom Tae-young, a member of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, around 1-point-three-four million people will travel overseas from six international airports in South Korea over a period of 10 days from Friday to February 2nd.

During this period, more than a million are expected to travel from the Incheon International Airport.

The second day of the Lunar New Year holiday, January 25th, is expected to see the largest number of passengers leave the country.

In response to the increased demand, the transport ministry has increased the total number of flights by 7 percent.