Seochunsu Hamyang County Governor Visits Traditional Market and Offers Encouragement for Lunar New Year

Efforts to Create Safe and Vibrant Traditional Markets by Visiting Traditional Markets

Seo Chun-su, Mayor of Hamyang County, is visiting Anui Market and encouraging the merchants. (Photo by Hamyang County)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Seochunsoo, the mayor of Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam, is actively conducting on-site administration by continuously visiting traditional markets to check on the livelihood of the people and wishing for the recovery of the local economy through revitalization of traditional markets ahead of the Korean Lunar New Year, the nation's major holiday.

According to the county, to revitalize the local economy, which has been struggling due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), Mayor Seo visited Jirisan Hamyang Market and Anui Traditional Market consecutively to listen to the difficulties of market merchants and customers.

On the 10th, when the last Lunar New Year market in the county was held, Mayor Seo visited Anui Traditional Market, greeted the market merchants and customers, directly checked the local economy during the Lunar New Year holiday, actively encouraged the purchase of excellent local agricultural and specialty products as ancestral rites supplies, and promoted the use of the local currency, Hamyang Sarang Gift Certificates.

He provided detailed explanations to ensure no one was excluded from the benefits of the policies implemented by the county, and thoroughly explained the changed social distancing level 2 measures, such as the ban on gatherings of five or more people during the Lunar New Year holiday, while also reminding everyone to strictly comply with quarantine rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Starting from the 2nd, the county began the second round of emergency disaster basic income support for all residents, and is doing its best to prevent COVID-19 while boosting consumption and revitalizing traditional markets.

Mayor Seo said, “I felt that the local economy is being revitalized as customers visiting traditional markets are using the Hamyang Sarang Gift Certificates a lot,” and added, “We will continue to do our best so that market merchants and customers can use traditional markets more conveniently and safely.”

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