Japan, Vietnam lead Korean travelers' overseas searches in H1

Despite elevated US dollar-Korean won exchange rates, Korean demand for overseas travel held steady through the first half of 2026, with Japan and Vietnam dominating the destinations travelers searched most, according to data released Tuesday. International passenger traffic at Incheon Airport reached 32.41 million from January through May, up 7.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the Incheon International Airport Corp. Travel platform Agoda, drawing on accommodation searches from Januar