South Koreans swap ancestral rites for Japan getaways this Lunar New Year

SCMP · 2026-02-11
South Koreans swap ancestral rites for Japan getaways this Lunar New Year

For many South Korean families, traditional holiday gatherings may be getting smaller this Lunar New Year, but suitcases are getting bigger. More than half of flight searches this holiday are for Japan, signalling a sharp shift away from the domestic travel boom that defined the holiday last year. F