Issuance of 4 Billion Won Mapo Love Gift Certificates for Lunar New Year

Mapo-gu Issues Gift Certificates to Reduce Residents' Financial Burden and Revitalize Local Economy
Purchasable up to 500,000 KRW per Person Monthly with a 5% Discount

Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) will issue Mapo Love Gift Certificates worth a total of 4 billion KRW starting from 5 PM on the 31st to celebrate the nation’s biggest holiday, Seollal.

To ease consumers’ concerns amid continuous price increases and rising costs of setting up ancestral rites tables, and to revitalize local businesses through consumption promotion, Mapo-gu is pushing forward with the issuance of Mapo Love Gift Certificates again this year.

The Mapo Love Gift Certificates issued this time can be purchased at a 5% 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 any previously held gift certificates.

Gift certificates can be purchased through the Seoul Pay Plus, T-money Pay, Shinhan Sol Pay, Money Tree, and Shinhan Sol Bank apps, using either cash or credit cards (limited to Shinhan Card). However, gift certificates purchased with credit cards cannot be gifted to others, so caution is advised.

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 small business self-reliance and revitalizing the local commercial district, they cannot be used at large supermarkets, gambling-related businesses, movie theaters affiliated with large corporations, private academies with annual sales exceeding 3 billion KRW, and stores handling precious metals.

Detailed information on Mapo Love Gift Certificate affiliated stores can be found in the “Find Stores” menu within the Seoul Pay Plus app.

A district official stated, “Once again this year, we are issuing Mapo Love Gift Certificates to ease the worries of our residents. We expect high demand before the holiday, so please carefully check the issuance time before purchasing.”

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “With concerns over economic recession causing consumption to shrink and household financial burdens increasing, we are worried day and night. We hope that the Mapo Love Gift Certificates issued this time will reduce the economic burden on residents preparing for the Seollal holiday amid high inflation and greatly help increase sales for small business owners.”

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