「ＧｏＴｏ」食事券、販売盛況　全国初、売り場に列―新潟

　新型コロナウイルスで打撃を受けた飲食店を支援する政府の「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　イート」キャンペーンのうち、登録飲食店で使えるプレミアム付き食事券の販売が５日、全国に先駆け新潟県で始まった。購入代金の２５％分を上乗せした飲食が可能。１万円分を購入すれば、１万２５００円まで利用できるとあって、新潟市内の「新潟日報メディアシップ」特設会場は盛況で、午前１０時の発売前から約３０人が列をつくった。
　食事券の発行事業は、地元商工会議所などで構成する団体が担う。おつりを返金しない制度のため、新潟では５００円券を２５枚つづりで発売。販売期限の来年１月末までに７５万冊の売り上げを見込む。１回の購入上限は１人２冊までで、売り場では２冊を手に取る人が目立った。（2020/10/05-17:57）

Sales of premium meal vouchers under the Japanese government's Go To Eat campaign for helping novel coronavirus-stricken eateries started in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday, ahead of other areas of the country.
   About 30 people lined up at a venue in the prefectural capital of Niigata before sales started at 10 a.m. (1 a.m. GMT), showing the popularity of the vouchers, which are worth 25 pct more than their actual prices and can be used at registered restaurants.
   The meal tickets are issued by local organizations comprising entities such as commerce and industry chambers.
   In Niigata Prefecture, a set of 25 tickets each worth 500 yen, for 12,500 yen in total, is on sale at 10,000 yen. The issuer expects that 750,000 sets will be sold during the sales period through the end of January next year.
   Purchases are limited to two sets per person at one time. Many people bought two sets on Monday. A woman in her 40s used a voucher to buy "chirashizushi" scattered sushi for takeaway at a sushi restaurant in a shopping street in the city of Niigata. "I'm going to eat it with my family at home. I want to buy the vouchers again after using them all up," she said.