Assemblyman Park Ji-won Welcomes Re-designation of Mokpo and Yeongam as Employment Crisis Areas

"Continued Support Expected for Workers, Unemployed, SMEs, and Small Business Owners"
"Government Support Strengthening Will Help Overcome COVID-19"

Assemblyman Park Ji-won (Minsheng Party·Mokpo, Jeonnam)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Representative Park Ji-won (Minsheng Party·Mokpo, Jeonnam) announced on the 10th that he actively welcomes the government's decision to re-designate Mokpo, Yeongam, and other employment crisis areas and to designate travel and tourism industries as special employment support sectors.

On the evening of the 9th, the Employment Policy Council, chaired by Minister Lee Jae-gap of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, re-designated seven employment crisis areas including Mokpo and Yeongam, and designated four industries severely hit by COVID-19?travel, tourism accommodation, tourism transportation, and performance industries?as special employment support sectors.

Representative Park Ji-won said, "With the re-designation of employment crisis areas such as Mokpo and Yeongam, support for workers, the unemployed, small and medium enterprises, and small business owners, as well as employment retention and job projects, are expected to continue."

He added, "Since travel and tourism industries are also designated as special employment support sectors, government support such as employment retention subsidies, worker vocational training, and living stabilization fund loans will be strengthened, which will help overcome COVID-19."

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