Park visits traditional market ahead of Lunar holiday

President Park Geun-hye called Friday for more visits to traditional markets, vowing government support to revitalize such small-vendor facilities, officials said.

The remarks were made during Park's visit to a large traditional market in Incheon, just west of Seoul, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday which falls on Monday, according to the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae.

Park said the government will create a series of support policy measures to help revitalize traditional markets.

She also asked young merchants to make changes to the markets that have increasingly lost ground to large discount stores and chain supermarkets.

In efforts to lure back customers, traditional markets in recent years have carried out renovations to offer better service. (Yonhap)