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Tourist Complaints in Korea Hit Record High Amid Travel Boom

The Korea Tourism Organization said foreign visitors filed 1,753 complaints from January to July, with Seoul logging the most cases and accommodation issues leading.

Summary by The Korea Times
Tourist complaints in Korea have hit a record high this year, data showed Sunday, with problems ranging from reckless taxi driving to overcharging at shopping malls. A total of 1,753 complaints were filed nationwide between January and July this year, already surpassing the 1,744 cases reported last year, according to the data compiled by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). The growing number of complaints has raised calls for Korea to come up…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Sang-seo = This year's tourism inconvenience complaints, filed due to reasons such as reckless taxi driving, poor accommodation service, and exorbitant prices at shopping malls, have reversed after 7 months...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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