"Overcoming COVID-19"... Additional Recruitment of 40,000 Workers for Vacation Support Program

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization announced that starting from the 21st, they will recruit an additional 40,000 workers to participate in the 'Worker Vacation Support Project' to overcome the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) early. As a result, the total number of beneficiaries this year has increased from the original 80,000 to 120,000.

The Worker Vacation Support Project is a system where workers planning domestic travel pay 200,000 KRW, and companies and the government each support 100,000 KRW. With the accumulated 400,000 KRW, workers can use about 90,000 products from 40 travel agencies, including domestic hotels, pensions, theme parks, performances, airlines, trains, and rental cars. The scope of participation, previously limited to workers of small and medium-sized enterprises, small business owners, non-profit private organizations, and social welfare corporations/facilities, has been expanded to include mid-sized companies.

Participating companies receive a participation certificate and various support benefits, including additional points and recognition of performance when applying for government certifications such as family-friendly certification, leisure-friendly certification, work innovation incentive system, and performance-sharing system.

Application documents for participation in the project can be submitted on the Worker Vacation Support Project website. For detailed information, inquiries can be made through the website or the dedicated support center (1670-1330).

Kim Seok, Director of the Tourism Welfare Center at the Korea Tourism Organization, said, "We hope that this project, which is being expanded in scale and scope, will help revive the domestic economy and activate the regional economy, which have been depressed due to COVID-19."

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