President Park Geun-hye's approval rating rebounded to 34 percent as she held more meetings with the public ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, a poll showed Monday.

The rebound comes after her approval rating fell for six straight weeks amid public backlash over the government's revised tax settlement scheme.

Of the 2,600 adults surveyed between last Monday and Friday, 34.2 percent said they approved of Park's job performance, up 2.4 percentage points from last week, according to polling agency Realmeter.

Those who disapproved of Park's job performance came to 58.5 percent, down 3.8 percentage points from last week.

Realmeter said the rebound appears to show that Park partially won back the hearts of her traditional support base among those aged 60 or older and in the regions of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province. This came after she held more meetings with the public in markets and other places ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that begins on Wednesday.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. (Yonhap)