Center contains a wealth of advice for newly arrived

Located in the bustling part of Seoul, the Myeong-Dong Tourist Information Center is the first place you should visit before you start to explore the city.

It provides more than 450 types of brochures about popular destinations in South Korea in Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese.

The brochures cover different themes such as food and South Korea pop culture.

You can also find information about the latest performances, events and shopping discounts in Seoul at the information center.

The staff at the center are very helpful and you can consult them about itineraries, make complaints and even ask them to help book show tickets or accommodation.

You can also call the 24/7 Korea Travel Hotline 1330 that offers tourist information and interpretation in four languages.

The center has free Wi-Fi, portable battery chargers for mobile phones which can be rented and coin-operated storage cabinets for luggage.

Tourists can also rest at the information center and surf the internet using the center's computers.

The center also has traditional South Korean costumes for tourists to use and take selfies using a large electronic screen.

For the pictures, they can choose popular scenic spots as background and send electronic copies of the photos to their email or have them printed for a small fee.

Its souvenir shop is open from 10:30 am to 7:30 pm.

If you go

Where: 66 Eulijiro, Jung-gu, Seoul. Exit 5 of Eulijiro Station, Line 2.

When: 9 am to 8 pm; only closed on the Lunar New Year's Day and Chuseok (the Mid-autumn Festival).

Tel: +82-2-778-0333