Gyeonggi-do "Refunds for Tmon and Wemakeprice 'Gyeonggi Tour Pass' Buyers"

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has decided to fully refund all consumers who purchased the Gyeonggi Tour Pass gift certificates from the e-commerce companies 'Timon and Wemakeprice' (TMEP).

The Gyeonggi Tour Pass is an integrated tourism gift certificate that allows free access to 116 tourist attractions and 31 cafes and dessert shops located in 31 cities and counties within the province, including Gwangmyeong Cave, Petite France, Anseong Farmland, and Herb Island. Gyeonggi Province has been selling this product through 19 open markets, including Timon and Wemakeprice.

According to Gyeonggi Province, a total of 1,890 Gyeonggi Tour Passes were sold through Timon and Wemakeprice from June 3 to July 18. Among these, excluding the 1,059 already used, 637 passes have had refund requests submitted to TMEP. The remaining 194 passes are understood to have no refund requests submitted.

A Gyeonggi Province official explained, "To minimize consumer damage, we proactively sent refund guidance calls and text messages, completing refunds for 144 passes, and refunds for the remaining 687 passes are also in progress."

The official added, "Since preventing consumer damage is a priority, the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization plans to provide the refund funds and later claim compensation from Timon and Wemakeprice."

The refund amount estimated by Gyeonggi Province and the sales agency is approximately 16.6 million KRW.

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