Changwon Special City, Recruiting Designated Safe Restaurants to Enhance Consumer Trust

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam is recruiting 240 new 'Safe Restaurants' until the end of March to enhance consumer trust in dining out and improve the competitiveness of the dining industry.

This initiative is aimed at improving our dining culture, which is vulnerable to infectious diseases, in response to COVID-19, by exemplary compliance with three major practices: ▲providing utensils for serving food separately ▲hygienic management of spoons and chopsticks ▲staff wearing masks.

So far, the city has designated a total of 593 Safe Restaurants. To ensure the effectiveness of the system, the city plans to continuously monitor compliance with the three major rules.

Businesses wishing to be designated as Safe Restaurants can submit the application form in person at the Changwon City Health and Hygiene Division, or apply via email or fax.

Designated businesses will receive benefits such as Safe Restaurant designation stickers, hygienic supplies including spoon cases, and promotion on popular portal sites like Naver and Daum.

Lee Jong-min, head of the Health and Hygiene Division, said, “The Safe Restaurant system designates restaurants that comply with daily quarantine rules, thereby increasing consumer trust through the spread of hygienic dining culture. We will continue to make efforts to create a safe dining culture in Changwon City.”