Seongnam Mayor Shin Sangjin Visits Traditional Markets Ahead of Chuseok to Encourage Merchants

Do Your Chuseok Shopping at Traditional Markets
Pay with Seongnam Love Gift Certificates

On September 29, ahead of the Chuseok holiday, Seongnam City Mayor Shin Sangjin visited Moran Traditional 5-Day Market and Jungang Public Market in succession to encourage merchants and exchange holiday greetings with citizens.

Seongnam Mayor Shin Sangjin visited Moran Traditional 5-Day Market and Jungang Public Market in succession on the 29th, ahead of the Chuseok holiday, to encourage merchants and exchange holiday greetings with citizens. Provided by Seongnam City

This visit was arranged to directly check price trends in traditional markets ahead of the holiday, and to listen to the difficulties faced by merchants who are struggling due to weakened consumer sentiment and changes in the distribution environment.

At Moran Traditional 5-Day Market, Mayor Shin greeted citizens carrying shopping baskets and offered well-wishes for a bountiful Chuseok. He also visited fruit and vegetable stores to assess the local business climate and hear merchants’ opinions.

Mayor Shin stated, "I am well aware that merchants are facing significant difficulties due to the economic downturn and weakened consumer sentiment," and emphasized, "We will continue to do our best so that merchants can work with hope, by revitalizing the Seongnam Love Gift Certificate program and actively pursuing various customized policies to restore vitality to traditional markets."

Meanwhile, in order to ease the burden on citizens’ holiday shopping and boost the local economy ahead of Chuseok, Seongnam City will offer a special 10% discount on Seongnam Love Gift Certificates worth a total of 100 billion won from October 1 to 31. In addition, to expand benefits for citizens, the monthly purchase limit per person will be increased from 200,000 won to 400,000 won.

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