Goheung-gun Promotes 'Refrain from Visiting Hometown' During Chuseok Holiday for Returning Visitors

Total Effort to Protect Clean Goheung by Completely Blocking COVID-19

Collecting Residents' Opinions Since the 1st... Many Oppose Visiting Hometowns

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do is swiftly responding to COVID-19 prevention by launching a large-scale campaign to 'refrain from hometown visits by returning visitors' during this year's Chuseok holiday.

According to Goheung-gun on the 7th, the county views the five-day Chuseok holiday period from the 30th of this month to the 4th of next month as a critical turning point for the spread of COVID-19 infection.

As a result of collecting opinions from residents about hometown visits by returning visitors since the 1st, negative opinions overwhelmingly prevailed.

Accordingly, to protect the health of residents by blocking the influx of returning visitors from the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul and Gyeonggi, in line with being a COVID-19 clean area, the county decided to carry out extensive promotional activities.

In this regard, the county plans to first send a letter from the county governor to compatriots nationwide, asking them to refrain from visiting their hometowns as much as possible to protect the health and safety of their parents and siblings in their hometowns, as well as to preserve the clean environment of Goheung.

Additionally, together with institutions and social organizations with many employees commuting from outside the area, the county will promote compliance with personal quarantine rules such as wearing masks, washing hands thoroughly, and refraining from going out of the area to raise awareness of COVID-19 within the region.

The government also recommended refraining from hometown and relative visits during the Chuseok holiday at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting on the 6th.

County Governor Song Guigeun explained the background, saying, “Since Goheung is a COVID-19 clean area, the voices of residents concerned about the influx of COVID-19 are strong,” and “This initiative was taken proactively well ahead of the government’s recommendation to refrain from travel during Chuseok.”

He also said, “Every year, an average of about 130,000 returning visitors come to their hometown during the Chuseok holiday period,” and “For the health of parents in the hometown this Chuseok holiday, I ask compatriots to actively participate in refraining from hometown visits.”

Meanwhile, Goheung-gun is putting all administrative efforts into preventing infections within the region to protect clean Goheung from COVID-19.

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