"Donate love for your hometown." 1st place is Jeonnam...530,000 supporters.

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As Jeollanam-do strives to spread the love of its hometown and create a strong cheering force, it ranks first in the nation in donations for love of hometowns and the number of supporters continues to increase.

We also introduced a program where you can experience how donations are actually used.

Reporter Kim Bum-hwan reports.

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It is a representative eco-friendly rural experience village in Jeollanam-do.

We are in the midst of making tofu with organic beans.

[Kim Soojung and Cho Sunghee / Doseon Guksa Village Experience: Since I'm a housewife, I thought it would be good for a lot of people to come and experience tofu made with such good ingredients, including hand tofu, soft tofu, and soy milk]

An experienced visitor who is working as a "Jeonnam Love Supporters" also came to Naju, Jeollanam-do.Steps to find out how

Hometown Love Donations are actually spent.

[Lee Myung-hee / Jeollanam-do Naju Seul Village Experience: I want to bring my kids and experience family together, and talking with my neighbors makes me feel warm as if I'm at my mother's house.]

[Kim Jong-ik / Chairman of Jeonnam Win-Win Tree: Hometown Village Project is a project in which people who participated in the hometown love donation system visit the village to experience it, bond with the residents, and form a related population as urban residents for the residents, and eventually revitalize rural villages.]

Last year, Jeollanam-do's love for hometowns was 14.3 billion won, ranking first in the country.

This year, it has been in first place until the first half of the year.

[Kang Kyung-moon / Director of Hometown Love in Jeollanam-do: Through expert consulting on the unique attractions, entertainment and food of the village, we will create the best experience program so that donors can feel the charm of Jeollanam-do and feel how donations are spent through experience program activities..]There are 530,000 'Jeonnam Love Supporters' who inform and support Jeollanam-do along with donations of love for

The number of discounted merchants in Jeollanam-do who can use donations for love for their hometowns

has exceeded 500, and it is making a significant impact on revitalizing the local economy through a virtuous cycle.

I'm Kim Bum Hwan of YTN.