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Korea Grand Sale 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Dec 23, 2026 – Feb 13, 2027
- 📍 Location
- 14 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🎪 Venue
- Myeong-dong Noon Square and nationwide (online & offline vendors)
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Visit Korea Year Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-1644-7855
Overview
The Korea Grand Sale is Korea’s premier tourism festival for international visitors, combining shopping, culture, and travel. Held during the winter tourism off-season, the event aims to promote travel to Korea by offering a wide range of benefits for international visitors across various sectors, including flights and transportation, shopping, accommodation, food and beverages, beauty and wellness, experiences, and travel services. The event also features special promotions and hands-on programs, along with visitor services and exclusive benefits available at the Myeongdong Welcome Center. Mo
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 중구, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Jan 1.01 / Oct 1.07
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Korea Postage Stamp Museum우표박물관(구.우표문화누리 Cultural facility0.2 km straight · walkable
The Korea Postage Stamp Museum was established to promote stamp culture. Here, visitors can explore the history of stamps throughout the ages, with a wide variety of…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 중구 소공로 70 -
Bank of Korea Money Museum화폐박물관 Cultural facility0.3 km straight · walkable
This Renaissance-style three-story stone building is the museum of the Bank of Korea. The older Bank of Korea was established as the central bank of the Korean Empire in…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 중구 남대문로 39 -
Cocory Color Research Institute - Myeongdong Branch코코리색채연구소(명동점 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
My Own K-Beauty Discovered Through Color Cocory Color Myeongdong is an experiential K-beauty space that analyzes suitable colors and styles based on individual skin…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 중구 명동10길 7-9 -
Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center명동관광정보센터 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center provides information on traveling, shopping, attractions, and more in Seoul. Service is provided in Korean, English, Japanese, and…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 중구 을지로 66 -
Myeong-dong명동 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
Myeong-dong is one of the primary shopping districts in Seoul. The two main streets meet in the center of the block with one beginning from Myeong-dong Subway Station…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 중구 명동2가
Google Maps cannot provide driving or transit directions inside South Korea. Paste the Korean addresses above into NAVER Map or KakaoMap — both work with these addresses and are what people here actually use.
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