Suncheon City Extends 10% Special Discount on Mobile Suncheon Love Gift Certificates

Paper Gift Certificates to Receive 5% Discount Starting in July

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 24th that it will extend the 10% special discount on the mobile (card, QR) type Suncheon Sarang Gift Certificate until the end of this year to alleviate the local economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

To actively respond to COVID-19, the city has been implementing a 10% special discount on the Suncheon Sarang Gift Certificate since March last year, and as COVID-19 continues, the discount period will be extended until the end of this year to revitalize the local economy.

However, the paper-type gift certificates will be converted to a 5% general discount starting next month.

The mobile-type Suncheon Sarang Gift Certificate, which is scheduled to have a 10% special discount until the end of the year, can be registered and recharged through the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation app (APP) ‘Local Gift Certificate chak’, and is offered in two formats: card type and QR type.

For the card type, it can be issued online through the app or by visiting local NongHyup banks (including regional NongHyup, Livestock Cooperatives, WonHyup, NakHyup) and post offices, and there is no annual fee.

For the QR type, no separate card issuance is required, and it can be used at affiliated stores equipped with a QR kit.

The recharge amount can be used interchangeably between the card type and QR type, and mobile affiliated stores can also be searched through the app.

Currently, the number of affiliated stores for the Suncheon Sarang Gift Certificate is 9,905 and continues to increase, with sales reaching a total of 42.2 billion KRW from January to the previous month.

A Suncheon City official stated, “We ask many people to participate in using the Suncheon Sarang Gift Certificate so that it can serve as an opportunity to revive the local economy, which has been depressed due to COVID-19.”

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