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How do I find souvenir stamp locations and practical guidebooks?
Short answer
For English stamp information, use the official Visit Korean Heritage Campaign and its K-Heritage Passport Tour. For a paper planning book, Lonely Planet Korea is a country-wide option; Pocket Seoul is a compact Seoul-focused alternative for planning with teenagers.
What to do
- Read the English Passport Tour instructions and heritage-route pages, then choose stops matching your trip. The programme expanded to 100 sites across 13 routes in September 2026.
- Apply for the appropriate visitor passport on the campaign website. Foreign nationals use the red passport; the Korean Heritage Visitor Center at Incheon Airport T1 Transportation Center B1 offers pickup and a stamp. Check the latest notice for the additional Seoul pickup point.
- Stamp the matching passport page yourself at the official Self-Stamping Zone. Ordinary souvenir stamps do not qualify; if the zone is hard to find, ask the site information desk or call 1670-8904.
- For a physical book, choose the Book format rather than an ebook. Suggested approach for teenagers: let each choose a few sights from the book, then check opening/booking details on each official venue site.
Check before relying on this
- Passport-tour souvenirs depend on passport type, verified stamps and stock; do not confuse a stamp route with a guarantee of a gift.
- A printed guide is useful for browsing and discussion; its prices and operating details can age. The publisher currently lists Korea as a 2024 country guide and Pocket Seoul as a 2024 pocket guide.
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Free practical supplement
Visit Seoul’s official guidebook and map PDFs can be saved or printed for offline use. They supplement the commercial paper book and the separate stamp programme.
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External sources may use another language.
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