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friendly economy, reporter Kwon Aeri is also with you. Reporter Kwon, Monday the 17th of August and the 17th of the following month were designated as temporary holidays by the government. Why did you do this suddenly?

<Reporter>

Yes, yesterday (21st), at the State Council meeting presided over by the President, Monday, the 17th of the following month, is a red day. Confirmed.

The government explains that it is intended to promote the consumption of domestic consumers, which are showing signs of rest and recovery even for a short period of time, even if they are tired of the growing corona situation.

In fact, from the second quarter, there was a talk about whether it is necessary to make a temporary holiday a day to revitalize the game.

Last year, there were 117 days off, including weekends, but this year was reduced to 115 days, two days.

There are many days when the legal holidays this year overlap on the weekend. Verses 3 and 1 were Sunday. In addition, Memorial Day, Liberation Day, and the National Foundation Day in October are Saturdays.

By the way, according to the regulations, if it overlaps with another holiday, that is, a weekend or another holiday, it automatically adds one more day to rest.

So, when calculated as a whole, the number of days off last year was reduced by two days. In particular, in the beginning of May, there was a stepping stone holiday for Children's Day. After that, there is no day off except weekends until the Chuseok holiday.

So it is necessary to create an atmosphere to increase consumption, so let's go on a holiday once in August.

<Anchor> You think

that if you give a holiday like this, consumption will increase significantly, right?

<Reporter>

Yes, I think so. It is actually difficult to assess the economic effects of the holidays in detail.

People who say they are so tired during the week that they usually become one with the sofa on the weekend will probably take two days off. If they take three days off, they will eat out once.

You might be able to go on a picnic and go on a short trip. So, this is not the first time that we are looking forward to consuming consumption and designating a temporary holiday.

It's a case in common with now, but it was Friday, August 14th that year, it was designated as a temporary holiday to promote consumption, right after the second quarter of 2015, when the game contracted sharply due to the MERS crisis. The same reason is taken into consideration during the Chuseok holiday, creating a temporary holiday.

The Hyundai Economic Research Institute estimated that on the 17th of next month, assuming that half of the citizens would rest, consumption of KRW 2.11 trillion per day could be achieved.

In 2011, I surveyed the consumption of temporary holidays, and it was calculated that the effect of spending 75,000 won per person would be calculated.

Recalculating this amount according to the situation this year means that the overall consumption of 2.11 trillion won would be a holiday.

The consumption will be concentrated in the travel industry, transportation industry, and catering business. The effect of this effect is that the production scale can reach 4,200 billion won, and the job creation scale is 36,000.

Particularly different from the time of MERS, this year, if you go anywhere and spend money, it will be virtually domestic. There is an expectation that the holiday effect will be concentrated on promoting domestic demand.

[Lee Ga-hee/'Travel App' Staff: I hope that this season will have a chance to double the peak season effect.]

<Anchor>

But the reporter earlier calculated the effect assuming that half of the people are resting. In fact, it will be hard for everyone to rest this time, too?

<Reporter>

Yes, once the government offices and workplaces with more than 300 people are required to rest. But smaller businesses will follow this holiday, which is still autonomous.

From this year onwards, the size of workplaces where holidays are mandatory will be lowered step by step, but this year is the case. So, I need to see how many people can rest.

But this time, the courier industry also designated Friday, August 14, as the'Courier Rest Day'. So, courier drivers can enjoy the four-day holiday this time.

If you have something to send or receive at that time, don't forget to remember that it is done in advance or put off.

However, on the other hand, some voices began to worry about this temporary holiday.

Sporadic regional infections are continuing, but in fact, it is anxious to designate a temporary holiday in August as a means to go out and move a lot. It makes sense.

First of all, the health authorities say that people are adjusting to daily life prevention and that they are not concerned as much as the guidelines are detailed. It is necessary to keep an eye on safe holidays.