Issuance of 29 Billion Won Mapo Love Gift Certificates for Chuseok

Purchases Available Up to 500,000 Won Per Person Per Month at a 7% Discount

Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that it will issue Mapo Love Gift Certificates worth a total of 29 billion KRW in two sessions at 5 p.m. on the 14th and 21st to celebrate Chuseok, the biggest traditional holiday of the nation.

Mapo-gu is promoting the issuance of Mapo Love Gift Certificates to alleviate consumers' concerns amid consecutive price increases and rising costs of Charye table settings, and to revitalize local small businesses through consumption promotion.

The Mapo Love Gift Certificates issued this time can be purchased at a 7% discount, with a monthly purchase limit of 500,000 KRW per individual. The maximum amount an individual can hold is 1,500,000 KRW, which includes the combined amounts purchased in the first and second rounds as well as any previously held gift certificates.

Gift certificates can be purchased through the Seoul Pay Plus, T-money Pay, Shinhan SOL, Money Tree, and Shinhan Play apps, and can be bought with cash or credit cards (limited to Shinhan Card).

The places where the gift certificates can be used are the same as the existing Mapo Love Gift Certificate affiliated stores. However, in line with the purpose of strengthening the self-reliance of small business owners and revitalizing the local commercial district, they cannot be used at large supermarkets, gambling-related businesses, movie theaters affiliated with large corporations, or private academies with annual sales exceeding 1 billion KRW.

A district official stated, “To meet the expectations of residents, the scale of gift certificate issuance has been expanded compared to last Lunar New Year,” and added, “Since high demand for purchases is expected before the holiday, please carefully check the issuance times before buying.”

District Mayor Park Gang-su said, “Due to concerns about economic recession, consumption is shrinking and household economic burdens are increasing,” and added, “I hope that the Mapo Love Gift Certificates issued this time will help reduce the economic burden of residents preparing for the Chuseok holiday amid high inflation and greatly contribute to increasing sales for small business owners.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.