Today is Market Day! Chuseok Traditional Market Shopping Event ... Gumi City Joins Efforts to Revitalize Traditional Markets

Over 60 Members of the Jaegyeong Daegu·Gyeongbuk City and Province Residents' Association Promote Traditional Market Shopping

About 60 members of the Jaegyeong Daegu·Gyeongbuk Provincial Residents Association and Mayor Kim Jang-ho of Gumi City participated in a traditional market shopping event.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Gumi City, Gyeongbuk Province, held a traditional market shopping event for Chuseok at Gumi Saemaeul Central Market at 1 p.m. on August 31.

This event was attended by about 60 members of the Daegu·Gyeongbuk Residents Association in Seoul and the Alumni Association, employees of the Gyeongbuk Province Seoul Headquarters and Seoul Office. After a cultural exploration at the Saemaeul Movement Theme Park, they visited Gumi Saemaeul Central Market to purchase dried seafood and ritual items as well as daily necessities, practicing love for their hometown and participating in revitalizing the traditional market while enjoying the nostalgic traditional market.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho, who visited the event site that day, expressed his welcome and gratitude to the Daegu·Gyeongbuk residents and alumni who visited their hometown from afar despite the rainy weather ahead of Chuseok. He urged continuous interest in the hometown, such as buying local agricultural products with love for their hometown. The city also pledged to make further efforts to revitalize the traditional market so that merchants and citizens can smile together in Gumi City.

Gumi City is actively promoting interest and revitalization of traditional markets by promoting the purchase of Onnuri gift certificates, running campaigns to use traditional markets, and encouraging each department to shop at traditional markets in celebration of the Chuseok holiday.

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