Announcement of consumption-inducing policy...I don't know how it feels.

[Anchor]
The year-end and New Year holidays are missing, adding to the prolonged economic recession and the unstable political situation.

Jeju Island has announced various policies to induce consumption, but it is somewhat regrettable.

This is a report from reporter Moon Soo-hee of KCTV Jeju Broadcasting.

[Reporter]
The store streets, which should be crowded for the end of the year, are chilly.People stopped visiting

as the impeachment situation was added to the difficult game.

Merchants leave the store open and get ready to welcome customers, but they are rarely energized.

Recently, even foreign tourists have complained that sales have fallen due to the tight closure of their wallets.

[Yoon Wang-deok / Restaurant operation: (Customers) have decreased significantly and people are eating at convenience stores. Foreigners.... There are a lot of people who eat at convenience stores because they can't afford it..]

According to the Jeju headquarters of the Bank of Korea, the consumer sentiment index in the province was 87.1, down 8.4p from the previous month.

This is the lowest since November 2022.

Jeju Island has announced various policies to induce consumption amid the disappearance of special year-end and New Year specials in each commercial district in the province, and the difficulties of merchants are increasing.

First of all, Jeju Island started accumulating coveted points again, which had been suspended by urgently injecting reserves.

A total of 73 busking performances were held around major commercial districts in the city,
During the
Lunar New Year holiday, they said they would hold an on-site refund event for agricultural and livestock products at the traditional market.

It will also increase public work jobs and extend secondary subsidies to vulnerable groups, while expanding the scope of SME management support.

It said it will allow 60% of the total budget to be executed early in the first half of the year and inject 1.7 trillion won in funds into the social overhead capital sector to boost the construction economy.

[Jin Myung-ki / Deputy Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province: We will make all-out efforts to restore the people's livelihood through rapid fiscal execution and consumption promotion campaigns with the private sector]

However, the policy announced by Jeju Island is not new, but is an extension of the existing policy,
There are not a few opinions that it is not very helpful at the
site, so it seems necessary to increase the feeling.

I'm Moon Soo-hee of KCTV News.

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