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Tomorrow (the 5th) is Children's Day.

If you take a vacation only on Friday, you have a vacation until the weekend of Mother's Day.

There are many people who want to enjoy the first stepping stone holiday after the social distancing has been lifted, but our reporter is out at Gimpo Airport.



Reporter Sohn Ki-joon, there were quite a few cars on the road today. Were there many people at the airport?



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Yes, Gimpo Airport, where I am located, is a bit more relaxed now.



Until recently, it was as if he had returned to pre-Coronavirus, and he looked like he had regained his vitality.



Since you can enjoy a golden holiday for four days if you only take one day off the day after tomorrow, the airport was crowded with travelers from this afternoon.



[Hong Dan-woo / Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do: A lot of my friends go out to play.

I went to see the sea, eat delicious food, and couldn't even travel because of Corona, but I'm excited because it's a trip I'm going on in a long time.]



According to the Korea Airports Corporation, the number of travelers departing from Gimpo Airport today is about 35,000.



Two parking lots near the domestic passenger terminal in Gimpo Airport were full of vehicles.



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There are a lot of people who are thinking of traveling abroad now, but at Gimpo Airport, you can still only take domestic flights, right?



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Only domestic flights are available at Gimpo Airport.



Instead, regional airports such as Gimpo will resume international flights sequentially from next month.



For this reason, it is expected that the number of tourists visiting Jeju Island will exceed 200,000 during this stepping stone holiday.



The number of domestic flights departing from Gimpo Airport also increases during the holiday season.



217 planes took off from here today alone, 227 planes tomorrow and 240 the next day.



The highway was also overcrowded with vehicles to the extent that there were some congested sections.



As of 8:00 p.m., it takes 4 and a half hours from Seoul tollgate to Busan, which is considered a tourist destination, and 2 hours and 40 minutes from Gangneung.



(Video editing: Soyoung Lee, CG: Sohee Ban)