Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Enrolls Foreign Travelers Nationwide in 'Safety Insurance' for the First Time... Coverage Up to 1 Million KRW

Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization have attracted attention by offering free coverage through the country's first-ever 'Foreign Traveler Safety Insurance' since the 12th, aimed at alleviating the anxiety of foreign visitors traveling within Korea due to the domestic political situation.

This safety insurance is automatically applied to foreigners traveling in Gyeonggi Province (excluding long-term residents in Korea) without any separate application process. Benefits can be claimed upon submission of supporting documents.

The coverage items include ▲injury treatment costs (up to 1 million KRW per person) ▲disaster diagnosis consolation money (excluding infectious diseases, up to 300,000 KRW per person) ▲injury diagnosis consolation money (excluding traffic accidents, up to 100,000 KRW per person), among others.

To make it easy for foreigners to use the safety insurance, Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization also operate the 'Gyeonggi Province Travel Foreigners Safety Insurance Call Center (02-2078-4540)', which provides multilingual support in English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Poster 안내 for the recently subscribed 'Foreign Traveler Safety Insurance' by Gyeonggi Province and Gyeonggi Tourism Organization

The call center is jointly operated by five companies: Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance, DB Insurance, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, and KB Insurance, and will be in operation until December 31 of this year.

Park Rae-hyuk, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Gyeonggi Province is continuously preparing various measures to revitalize the local economy by expanding the attraction of foreigners. This safety insurance, launched for the first time in Korea, is part of these efforts, and we hope that foreign visitors to Korea can feel safe and create good impressions and joyful memories at tourist sites within the province."

Cho Won-yong, President of the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, said, "We made great efforts to launch this safety insurance in time for the spring flower season when travel demand recovers. We will actively promote it online and offline to domestic and international travel industries and potential foreign visitors, striving to build the Gyeonggi safe travel brand image and to develop various products and expand tourist attraction."