Dongmyeong-dong Cafe Street and Courtfront Shopping Area Designated as Alley-Style Shopping Districts

Donggu Designates 31 New Alley-Style Shopping Areas
Expands Total to 36 Districts for Onnuri Gift Certificate Benefits

Exterior view of Gwangju Dong-gu Office.

On August 20, Gwangju Donggu District announced that it has newly designated 31 major commercial districts in the region as alley-style shopping areas. With this, the number of alley-style shopping areas in Donggu has significantly increased from five to 36.

This new designation includes many of Donggu’s main commercial districts, such as Dongmyeong-dong Cafe Street, the shopping area in front of the Jisan-dong Court, and the one-way street in Hakun-dong. The designated alley-style shopping areas can now register as Onnuri Gift Certificate merchants, allowing consumers to use Onnuri Gift Certificates and enabling merchants to expand their sales base.

When using the digital Onnuri app for QR code payments, Onnuri Gift Certificates incur no card fees, reducing costs for small business owners. This is expected to help stabilize the operations of small-scale merchants and increase their income.

Currently, Onnuri Gift Certificates can always be purchased at a 10% discount, and until the end of next month, a weekly 10% payback event (up to 20,000 won) is being held, providing consumers with up to a 20% discount benefit.

Donggu plans to actively promote these benefits to merchants and residents along with the new alley-style shopping area designation. To this end, starting August 25, the district will hire temporary workers for four months to operate an on-site support team for Donggu’s alley commercial districts. The support team will visit stores throughout the alleys to assist with Onnuri Gift Certificate merchant registration and support programs for small business owners.

Im Taek, head of Donggu District Office, said, "With this designation of alley-style shopping areas, Onnuri Gift Certificates can now be used in Donggu’s major commercial districts. The use of Onnuri Gift Certificates benefits both consumers and small business owners, so I hope this designation will serve as a catalyst for revitalizing the local commercial districts."

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