Have you heard about the Korea Tour Card?

Have you heard about the Korea Tour Card?

If  foreigners get a Korean tour card, they can get 47 benefits from 25 companies.

The Korea Tour Card was created by the Korea Visit Committee, a foundations company, in partnership with private companies. It is a debit card that offers a wide range of benefits, including sightseeing, shopping,
K-pop and performances, while individual travelers stay in the country. 

It also includes the ' T-money, ' a transportation card used in South Korea, so it is easy to use public transportation when traveling around the country. The balance of use can be refunded at convenience stores before departure.

If you use a Korean Tour Card, the National Museum of Contemporary Art can get in at half price and Petit France discounts you 2,000 won on adults. Lotte World and Everland are also given 30 % discount. 

There are similar cards overseas. It is Hong Kong's Octopus Card and Japan's Swiss Card. 

However, the reason why Korea Tour Card is most popular is that it has specialized services and benefits only for foreign tourists, such as discounts on tourist attractions and shopping. 

Introduced in January 2017, Korea Tour Card sold more than 10,000 tickets in its first two months. And they were very popular with foreign tourists. Meanwhile, the Korea Tour Card can be used for two years from 2016 to 2018, the year of the visit to Korea, and is available only to foreigners.

The cards are sold to convenience stores and airport railway travel centers. 

Recently, they can be purchased from Seoul Metro (Line 1-4) and an airport railway vending machine.

Procedure for purchasing is as follows.

 

1. Buy it at convenience store. 

2. Buy through a vending machine in the subway.

It is not the end here. 

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and the Paralympics are coming up soon. 
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, along with the Korea Tourism Organization, 

Korea Railroad and the Korea Travel Commission, will reportedly present an Olympic limited edition pass 

that combines tourism and transportation benefits.

 

There are customized train passes and KTX passes for foreigners, and five day passes, seven days and

 two types of passes. The product is available from February 1, 2018 to May 25, 2018.

 

The types of passes are divided into adult, child, group, and youth, and available until January 31, 2018.

There are a number of benefits to using Pyeongchang Korail Pass. 

1. Incheon Airport is discounted from 8000 won to 6,900 won per train.
2. The convenient transportation card is charged 5000 won.
3. A coupon for a free city tour of Seoul, Daegu, Jeju, Busan, Incheon, and Gyeongju is provided. Etc

 

Various benefits and purchases of PyeongChang's Korail pass can be made at the following site :

http://www.letskorail.com/pyeongchang