Korea tour tips for beginner:How to gather Korea tour information, if you are a new to South Korea

If you have never been to Korea but are planning a trip to Korea, you may be confused about where to get information about traveling to Korea. Here are some useful tips.

 

Official website of Korea Tourism Organization https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto

Every country in the world has an official tourisim site introducing their country. The same goes for Korea. If you are planning a trip to Korea, use visitKorea.or.kr, which is officially operated by the Korean government first.

Basic information about Korea

You can get basic information about Korea from this site. Basic information includes information such as geographical location, climate, population, language, national flag, and national flower and so on.
Also, basic information includes travel hotline, tourist information center, visa, e-book, travel safety guideline.

Transportation information

Basic transportation information includes Incheon Airport, airport railroad, airport limousine bus, high-speed rail, city subway, public bus, city tour bus, taxi, and ferry.
It also explains useful tips for using public transportation in Korea.

Accommodation information

You can get basic information about traditional Korean houses, modern hotels, and government-approved hotels. You can search by region as well.

Food information

You can get information about Korea’s representative foods such as bulgogi, bibimbap, etc., representative snacks, traditional restaurants, and famous restaurants, and so on.

Shopping information

You can get useful tips on how to get a tax refund and shopping. It also explains Korea’s representative shopping malls, traditional markets, things to buy in Korea, and discount coupons.

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Useful Tips

Since this site is an official government site, you can trust the information about hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and markets on it.

Therefore, the price is rather expensive. If you’re a sensible consumer, you’ll need to search more for information about lodging, dining, and shopping. If you want a special experience at a more reasonable price, you should get information through Airbnb or various sites.

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Useful Sites

Klook

You can get more information on one- day trip, famous tourist attractions and various activities through this site.

Airbnb
Through Airbnb, you can find unique Korean house structures and accommodations in unusual locations which you can’t find out on general hotel reservation sites.
In addition, you can also learn how Koreans live their daily lives vividly.

 

Map Naver
The Naver portal site is not famous worldwide, but it is well known in Asia. In particular, Naver’s market share in the Korean search engine market is over 60%. Korea is the only country where Google doesn’t have an edge in the search engine market. For reference, Google’s market share in Korea is less than 20%.

Since the Naver search portal is mostly for Korean, it can be inconvenient for foreigners. However, Naver’s map service is very useful and excellent in Korea. Use Naver Map for directions, location finding, and driving navigation in Korea.

 

According to the basic language setting of your mobile phone, Naver automatically provides map services in English.

FYI, Apple Maps in Korea are very inaccurate. If you don’t use Naver Map, use Google Map instead. This is because Korea is still at war and very much geographic information is closed.