World · East Asia & Pacific · 2 hrs ago
Seoul police and tourism agency team up to improve visitor safety
Seoul’s Namdaemun Police Station and the Seoul Tourism Foundation signed a safety agreement on October 20.
It aims to help foreign tourists in Seoul get useful safety information and support.
The police will contribute crime-prevention expertise, while the foundation will use its tourist information centres and publicity channels.
Tourist information centres will share crime prevention and emergency guidance, and staff will receive support to explain safety information.
The partners will also promote a multilingual online service that provides safety information through one QR code.
In November, they plan a safety campaign in Myeongdong to share crime-prevention advice and safety tips with foreign visitors.
Seoul’s Namdaemun Police Station and the Seoul Tourism Organization have agreed to work together to improve safety for foreign tourists.
The agreement was signed on October 20 and announced the following day.
The agencies plan to provide crime-prevention and emergency-response information through tourism information centres and guide stations.
They will also promote a multilingual safety information service and strengthen safety guidance training for tourism staff.
The agencies plan to hold a joint safety and clean-tourism campaign in Myeong-dong in November.
- Who
- Seoul’s Namdaemun Police Station and the Seoul Tourism Organization.
- What
- They signed an agreement to improve safety information and services for foreign tourists.
- When
- The agreement was signed on October 20 and announced on October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Seoul, South Korea; a joint campaign is planned for the Myeong-dong area.
- Why
- To strengthen safety and convenience for foreign tourists visiting South Korea.
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Seoul’s Namdaemun Police Station and the Seoul Tourism Organization signed an agreement to improve safety for foreign tourists.
The police station announced the agreement.
The agencies plan to hold a joint safety and clean-tourism campaign for foreign tourists in Myeong-dong.
- Agreement signed
- October 20
- Announcement
- October 21, 2026
- Multilingual safety service
- QR 하나로 만나는 서울 안심 정보” at safeseoul-police.com
- Planned campaign
- Safety and clean-tourism campaign in Myeong-dong in November
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What people are saying
By using the Seoul Tourism Organization’s tourism guidance sites and publicity channels, we will provide the police’s multilingual safety information service to more foreign tourists and continue to strengthen on-the-ground cooperation to prevent crime and spread a culture of safety.