"Six out of ten people do not set up a Chuseok altar"...simplifying and also importing fruits

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yoon-gu = It has been reported that 6 out of 10 consumers in our country have decided not to set up a memorial table for this Chuseok. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute on October 1-5, based on an online poll of 1,000 fruit consumers aged 20 and above in 17 provinces across the country, the percentage of respondents who plan to set up a memorial table for this Chuseok was 40.4%. This represents a decrease of 34.0 percentage points compared to 2016, when 74.4% of people set up a memorial table. The research institute analyzed that this change is the result of a combination of factors such as the simplification of holiday rituals, the nuclear family structure, and changing values. The most common plan for the Chuseok holiday was visiting the homes of parents and relatives (54.2%), followed by resting and leisure activities at home (34.9%), domestic travel (5.5%), and overseas travel (2.7%). Along with the sharp ...