Daejeon City Offers Up to 20% Cashback on Book Purchases to Revitalize Local Bookstores

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will provide up to 20% cashback when purchasing books with local currency as part of efforts to revitalize local bookstores.

On the 14th, the city announced that starting from this day, when purchasing books at local bookstores using Ontong Daejeon, a total of 20% cashback will be given?10% basic cashback plus an additional 10% cashback?through the ‘Local Bookstore Ontong Daejeon Book Cashback’ project.

Additional cashback is provided when purchasing books within a monthly limit of 70,000 KRW per person, increasing the purchase limit by 20,000 KRW from last year’s 50,000 KRW.

This project has been implemented three times from October 2020 until last year, resulting in approximately double the average daily sales of local bookstores. This is the reason the city is continuing the Local Bookstore Ontong Daejeon Book Cashback project this year.

Moon In-hwan, Director of the City’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said, “While carrying out the book cashback project to foster a culture of reading among citizens, we also plan to support various cultural events such as book concerts and small reading groups at local bookstores.”

Meanwhile, in the second half of last year, the city promoted two local bookstore academies under the theme ‘The Power Leading the Region,’ three book concerts at local bookstores including an invitation to author Kang Won-guk of ‘The President’s Writing,’ and support for small reading groups at local bookstores.

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