Daejeon City Provides Free Shared Office Support to Local Travel Industry

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will provide shared office spaces free of charge to the local travel industry.

On the 12th, the city announced that it will offer free shared office support to help reduce the rental burden on the local travel industry, which has been struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, and assist in business recovery.

The support targets a total of 25 companies, selected through screening by the Daejeon Tourism Association. The screening prioritizes companies whose sales decreased last year compared to 2019 and who did not receive government disaster relief funds (3rd and 4th rounds).

Selected companies will be able to use the shared office at the Daejeon-Sejong Tourism Enterprise Support Center free of charge for up to one year (with possible extension upon review).

Eligibility is granted to registered travel businesses located in Daejeon under the Tourism Promotion Act. Applications can be submitted through the Daejeon Tourism Association from the 12th to the 26th of this month, and move-in will be possible starting next month.

Earlier in March, the city held a meeting with local tourism business representatives.

At the meeting, the industry appealed for the necessity of free office support, and the city accepted this, making the free shared office support possible.

In addition, the city plans to support capacity-building education for the travel industry using tourism big data and YouTube, as well as management consulting programs.

Even after the free support ends, the city plans to continue promoting support and development measures for the tourism industry centered on the Tourism Enterprise Support Center.

For more detailed information about the free shared office support, please visit the Daejeon Tourism Association website.

Son Cheol-woong, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the city, said, “We hope that the free shared office support will provide some help to the depressed Daejeon travel industry,” and added, “The city will continue to actively listen to the field opinions and difficulties of the tourism industry.”

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