The Street Vendors

The Street Vendors

If you live in Korea, you can see and enjoy the street vendors anywhere, any places. We can get anything we want from the street vendors like a food, a cloth, a book, an accessories, and so on. Like this, the street vendors are became one of our national cultures.

However, there are some problems about street vendors. First of all, there are too many street vendors in Korea. Now, the street vendors don’t pay any taxes. So everybody can make a street vendor with small investment costs and they can be located any places because they don’t pay land tax. Some street vendors are blocking street. So people can feel uncomfortable when they pass that street. Also, it’s not that an attractive image for us because the street vendors left lots of trash like an oil, a paper and a food waste. These trashes are making the street dirty.

Second, the street vendors are selling an unhealthful food and unreliable products. The most street vendors sell a product of bad quality in cheap price. In addition, they are making food next to the road which has a lot of vehicle exhaust fumes. So they can’t make a fresh food and it’s not good for our health.

To solve this problem, I think the Government should control the street vendors. The street vendors should be located only restrict areas and allowed only for authorized vendors. Besides, the street vendors have to pay the tax. Then, the Government can control them easily and also the area can be attractive area for foreigners as well as local residents.