Items to carry when leaving Korea

Dear Madam/Sir:

Hello! Welcome to join the tour group to South Korea organized by Harbin Comfort International Travel Agency Magic Tour! In order to make your trip smooth and enjoyable, here is a brief introduction to the precautions for traveling to South Korea:

1. Safety instructions - safety and health are the most important when going out

1. Personal safety: ( 1) When you have free activities in the evening, go together and do not return to the hotel too late; report to the group leader or tour guide in time and do not go to unsafe places; take the hotel card with you when you go out (it has the name, address, and phone number of the hotel) and Tour guide contact number. You are not allowed to leave the group during the entire trip. If you have to leave the group, you need to pay the departure fee and inform the group leader and tour guide of the contact number in Korea. If there is any accident after leaving the group, you will be responsible for it.

(2) Pay attention to traffic safety when walking. Driving speed in South Korea is relatively fast. You can only cross the street when the light is green; otherwise, if an accident occurs, the pedestrian will bear the responsibility.

(3) Please be sure to hold on and stand firm when taking a flight, car, boat, or bathing in the bathroom to avoid sprains and falls.

(4) Please bring your own commonly used medicines such as berberine, cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, Tongketie, etc., or bring medicine according to your own situation to be prepared.

2. Document security: Passport is our only valid identity certificate abroad. Losing the passport is the biggest trouble. Generally, the passports of group guests are handed over to the tour leader for unified storage. However, the passport must be kept by the guest when entering and exiting the immigration offices of various countries, passing customs, taking a plane, entering and exiting duty-free shops, ginseng public sales bureaus, and amethyst processing plants. If you lose your passport, you cannot continue traveling with the group; and you will have to pay an additional fee. Go to the local consulate in our country to apply for temporary documents, and buy your own air ticket to return home. In addition, you must bring your original ID card with you when you go out so that Chinese customs can verify your identity. After returning to the country, you need to give your passport to the tour leader and send it to the consulate for visa cancellation.

3. Financial security: When traveling outdoors, personal money and other valuables should be carried with you and do not leave them in the tourist vehicle. When flying, do not put money, other valuables, or passports in your checked luggage; you should also carry them with you or deposit them in the hotel safe when checking into a hotel. Do not leave your luggage or valuables in the room when you go out. If your luggage or valuables are damaged, lost, stolen, robbed or physically injured, please contact the tour guide immediately and report the loss, loss or alarm in a timely manner; in order to prepare for reporting to the relevant company, Claims from hotels and insurance companies.

2. Flight Instructions

1. According to international practice, even if it is a group ticket, after check-in, the airline will issue registration tickets in English alphabetical order of the guest's name. Card. Therefore, if you need to adjust your seat, please wait until all other guests are seated and discuss the change after the plane takes off.

2. When dining on the plane, please straighten the seat back to avoid affecting other people’s meals; if you need to talk, please make sure that the other person can hear you clearly, so as not to make loud noises and affect other people’s rest; when the plane is bumpy , return to your seat and fasten your seat belt.

3. Drinks and food on the plane are free to enjoy; but the principle is to be in moderation. When you need service, just press the service indicator light. There is no need to shout loudly. If you smoke, you must find it in the smoking area. Sit down and smoke after seat.

3. South Korea is an environmentally friendly country. There is no disposable dental equipment, so you need to bring your own. Things in the hotel bathroom are free to use, but things outside the bathroom need to be paid.

4. Climate characteristics: It has a temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons.

December to February is winter. The average temperature in Seoul in January is -2.5 degrees; in February, the average temperature is -0.3 degrees. The average temperature in Jeju area in January is 5.6 degrees; the average temperature in February is 6.0 degrees.

Spring is from March to May. The average temperature in Seoul is 5.2 degrees in March; the average temperature in April is 12.1 degrees; and the average temperature in May is 17.4 degrees. The average temperature in Jeju area is 8.9 degrees in March; the average temperature in April is 13.6 degrees; and the average temperature in May is 17.5 degrees.

Summer is from June to August. The average temperature in Seoul in June is 21.9 degrees. The average temperature in Jeju area in June is 21.2 degrees.

5. - Korean currency: the symbol is WON. The banknotes have face values ??of 1,000 won, 5,000 won, and 10,000 won, and the coins are 500 won, 100 won, 50 won, 10 won, 5 won, and 1 won.

Currency tax exchange: US dollars can be exchanged for RMB at airports and general hotels. The exchange rate between RMB and Korean won is about 1:112, and the exchange rate between US dollars and Korean won is about 1:1300. Additionally, exchange rates may fluctuate slightly from day to day.

Travelers can convert the RMB tax into US dollars at the bank before going abroad, or they can go to a local bank or the hotel reception desk after arriving in South Korea to exchange the RMB or US dollar tax into Korean won.

6. Voltage: Most hotels use 22OV and 11OV. Pay special attention when using the voltage you carry with you.

7. In accordance with international tourism etiquette, please give tips to tour guides and drivers as a token of encouragement. (30 yuan/person/day)

8. Airport construction fees, fuel tax, and war insurance tax are borne by the guests themselves.

9. Korean time is one hour ahead of China time: for example, China time is 09:00 and Korean time is 10:00.

10. Communication: There are three types of public telephones: blue, silver-gray, and card-type telephones.

The blue and silver gray ones are coin-operated. They can make local calls and long-distance calls. They can be used continuously with coins. The basic fee is 50 won for three minutes.

Card-type telephones (phone cards can be purchased at banks, telecommunications bureaus, post offices, etc.) can make domestic and international long-distance calls. There are three types of phone cards: 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 won.

To dial a landline, the dialing sequence is: 00186+area code (go ahead with 0)+phone number. To dial a mobile phone, the dialing sequence is: 00186+mobile number. For example, when calling 88010088 in Harbin, the dialing sequence is 001-86-451-88010088. When making a mobile phone call, the dialing sequence is 001-86-1399999****.

China's CDMA mobile phone users can apply for international roaming services at the business hall of the local service provider before going abroad. The procedure is simple, you only need to pay RMB 5,000 in advance. This way, you can answer or make calls on your mobile phone.

11. Accommodation: The tap water in the hotel is safe to drink.

Please do not make loud noises in the public areas of the hotel.

After checking into the hotel, please immediately ask for a business card with the hotel name, address, and phone number. Please carry the business card with you when you go out. You can use this business card to ask for help when you get lost or lost during free activities so that you can return smoothly. Check into hotel.

After checking into the hotel, please read the service guide in the hotel room carefully.

Hotel rooms generally do not provide slippers, toothbrushes and other toiletries, so please bring your own. Some hotels have toothbrushes and other toiletries, but you have to pay extra if you use them (South Korea attaches great importance to environmental protection and resource utilization).

Hotel room TVs generally have pay TV programs, and you have to pay extra if you watch them.

Beverages, tea, etc. in hotel rooms are generally not free. Please pay attention to the service guide in the hotel room.

After using charged items or enjoying charged services, please go to the front desk to check out by yourself or ask a tour guide to help you check out before leaving the hotel. Avoid the embarrassing situation when the staff asks you for the fare in public after getting on the bus.

There is no boiling water in Korean hotel rooms. If you need boiling water, you can get it from the water dispenser on the floor or contact the main service desk.

12. Shopping: Most goods in South Korea are subject to a 10% standard tax rate. The price of most store items is excluding tax.

Shopping is one of the six elements of tourism activities. Two shopping spots designated by the Korean government's tourism management department were arranged in the tour itinerary. Whether travelers purchase goods is completely voluntary.

13. Others: Please prepare necessary commonly used medicines. Please be sure to carry your passport, air ticket, ID card, valuables, cash, etc. with you. South Korea's tourist service hotline number is 1330, which has Chinese voice service.

14. 1. Chinese residents who go abroad according to regulations can carry up to 6,000 yuan and 5,000 US dollars. Travelers carrying high-end cameras, video recorders, and expensive watches are required to declare to Chinese customs when leaving the country to avoid unnecessary trouble when returning to the country. The trouble mentioned here means that if you fail to declare or forget to declare when you leave the country, some of your items may be considered by Chinese customs as purchased in South Korea when you enter the country, and you will need to pay customs duties for this.

2. It is best not to bring newspapers, magazines and other printed matter into and out of the country.

3. When passing through Chinese or Korean customs, please do not carry items for anyone, especially strangers. Helping others at this time may bring you endless troubles or even disasters.

4. When travelers enter South Korea, the following items are exempt from tax: personal clothes, jewelry, cosmetics and daily necessities. 1 cigarette. 1 bottle of wine (1000ml). Perfume costs 2 cents. Equivalent to a gift under $400. If you only have one choice between cigarettes and alcohol, bring an extra one.

15. Customs and Taboos

1. Koreans taboo the number "4" (the same pronunciation as "death" in Korean). Try to avoid "4" in social life and prefer odd numbers. , don't like even numbers.

2. Bow when meeting and breaking up. Men also shake hands, but women generally do not shake hands with men.

3. South Korea is deeply influenced by Confucianism and values ??boys over girls. When going out to get in the car, women let men go first. The party begins with "Gentlemen and ladies"; in banquets, meetings and other social occasions, men and women are separated. Activity. When two people are talking in the aisle, a third person should be allowed to pass between them.

4. When talking with Koreans, you should avoid issues such as Korean domestic politics, North Korea-South Korea relations, and South Korea-Japan relations. But Koreans like to ask about personal situations.

5. I like spicy, fragrant, garlicky, Chinese Sichuan cuisine. I don’t like mutton, fatty pork, duck, coriander, vinegar in hot dishes, and dishes with sugar or pepper. .

6. Unlike China, a rice spoon can only be used for eating and drinking soup, chopsticks can only be used to pick up vegetables, and cannot hold a bowl when eating.

7. Use both hands to accept items. Do not open gifts in person. Do not use foreign cigarettes as gifts.

8. At noon, just like Korean friends have lunch, they generally do not drink hot wine, but only drink a small glass of wine or a glass of beer. They can only drink it slowly and not drink it all in one go. In the evening, if Korean friends treat you, drinking is more casual, but if you are not allowed to pour your own drink, the waiter or host can only pour the wine.

9. When buying things in Korean stores, you generally don’t bargain. In Dongdaemun , South Gate can make appropriate counteroffers.

10. Do not make loud noises in public places, and do not walk around the hotel in pajamas and slippers.