Gwangju Nam-gu Encourages Shopping at Traditional Markets for Lunar New Year

Promotion of Support Policies Including Onnuri Gift Certificate Reimbursement

Gwangju Namgu District Office Building Exterior View

Gwangju Nam-gu (District Mayor Kim Byungnae) announced on the 20th that it will implement policies to revitalize traditional markets ahead of the Lunar New Year, including an Onnuri Gift Certificate reimbursement event and free public parking.

Nam-gu will hold the Onnuri Gift Certificate reimbursement event for five days from January 23 to 27 at Bongseon Market and Mudeung Market.

This event allows customers to receive a certain amount of their spending on domestic agricultural, livestock, and fishery products back in the form of Onnuri Gift Certificates. To receive the certificates, customers must present their purchase receipts.

At Bongseon Market, if a customer purchases agricultural or livestock products worth between 34,000 KRW and less than 67,000 KRW, they will receive a 10,000 KRW Onnuri Gift Certificate. If the purchase amount is 67,000 KRW or more, a 20,000 KRW certificate will be given.

At Mudeung Market, the Onnuri Gift Certificate reimbursement event targets consumers of fishery products, with the same purchase amounts and conditions applied.

Additionally, Nam-gu will open public parking lots at both Bongseon Market and Mudeung Market for free to improve convenience for traditional market visitors.

The free parking period will last for nine days from January 22 to 30. The newly opened parking tower at Mudeung Market can accommodate 115 vehicles at once, while the Bongseon Market public parking lot can hold up to 105 vehicles.

Furthermore, Nam-gu district office officials will also do their part to support small business owners suffering from the severe economic downturn by shopping at local markets.

On January 22 and 23, they plan to purchase essential items for the Lunar New Year ancestral rites table and various foods at Bongseon Market, Mudeung Market, and Baegun Daeseong Market.

A Nam-gu official stated, "With the domestic economy frozen and consumers reluctant to spend, traditional market merchants are facing increasing difficulties. If residents visit traditional markets and make purchases together, everyone will be able to enjoy a happy Lunar New Year."

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