Ministry of Culture and Visit Korea Committee Strengthen 'Safe Travel' Promotion for Foreign Tourists

Safety Stepping Stone App and Information QR Code for Foreigners Provided
Tourist Interpretation and Emergency Phone Numbers Guidance in Urgent Situations

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Year Committee announced on the 14th that they will collaborate with private companies to foster and spread a culture of safe travel for tourists visiting Korea.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Year Committee announced on the 14th that they will provide "Safe Travel Information for Korea" to tourists visiting Korea.
[Photo by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism]

First, the Ministry and the Committee will distribute promotional materials containing QR codes related to safe travel information at over 800 major GS25 convenience stores nationwide and at SK Telecom roaming booths in airports and ports, in partnership with SKT and GS Retail.

By scanning the QR code on the promotional materials, users can access ▲1330 tourist interpretation services ▲emergency phone numbers in case of urgent situations ▲information on COVID-19 and entry procedures in English, Japanese, and Chinese. The QR codes also link to the installation of the 'Safety Stepping Stone App for Foreigners' provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, as well as to a safe travel information website.

The 'Safety Stepping Stone App for Foreigners' provides disaster safety information in the user's selected language, including disaster alerts, guidelines for actions during disasters, embassy information, 119 fire emergency reporting, civil defense shelter locations, and information on police stations, fire stations, and emergency medical centers.

The Ministry plans to distribute the safe travel promotional materials to local governments and related organizations, place them in locations easily accessible to foreign tourists, and utilize them as a 'tourism safety network' to expand publicity.

Park Jong-taek, Director of the Tourism Export Strategy Promotion Division at the Ministry, stated, "Korea is one of the tourist destinations with a high level of public safety worldwide. In the safety category of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in May last year, Korea ranked 16th out of 117 evaluated countries." He added, "We hope that through these promotional materials, it will be widely known that Korea has a well-established travel safety network and emergency response system."

A representative from the Korea Tourism Year Committee explained, "Recently, there has been a growing recognition that securing tourism safety guarantees the sustainable growth of national and regional economies. Countries around the world are actively implementing policies to ensure safety, and tourists' safety awareness greatly influences their choice of destinations." They continued, "Through this campaign, we plan to inform tourists so that they can fully focus on tourism without concerns about safety accidents during their stay in Korea."

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