# Korea Tour API — Multilingual Tourist Data (`graveled_receiver/korea-tour-api`) Actor

Official Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) data as clean JSON — attractions, festivals, restaurants, stays in 5 languages. Area, nearby-radius, keyword & festival search.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/graveled\_receiver/korea-tour-api.md
- **Developed by:** [YG](https://apify.com/graveled_receiver) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Social media, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Korea Tour API — Multilingual Tourist Data 🇰🇷

Official **Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea / TourAPI)** data as clean JSON — tourist attractions, festivals, restaurants, shopping, and accommodation across all of South Korea, in **5 languages**. No XML wrestling, no Korean-only docs, no `data.go.kr` headaches.

Perfect for **travel apps, AI trip planners, chatbots, and K-tourism content** riding the Korean-culture wave.

### Why this exists

Korea's official tourism dataset is rich and free — but the raw government API returns XML, has Korean-only documentation, and a service-key flow that trips up most developers. This actor is the **English bridge**: you get normalized JSON with clean field names, bilingual titles, coordinates, images, and a ready-to-use Google Maps link for every place.

### Four search modes

| Mode | What it does | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| **By area** | List places in a region, by type | "All attractions in Seoul" |
| **Nearby** | Radius search around coordinates | "What's within 1.5 km of my hotel" |
| **Keyword** | Free-text search | "Find 'Gyeongbokgung'" |
| **Festivals** | Events by date | "Festivals happening this month" |

Filter any mode by **content type**: Attractions, Cultural Facilities, Shopping, Accommodation, Leisure Sports, Restaurants, Festivals, Travel Courses.

### Languages

English · Japanese · Chinese (Simplified) · Chinese (Traditional) · Korean — the same places, served in the language your users read.

### Output

Each place includes: bilingual `title`, `contentType`, `address`, `tel`, `latitude`/`longitude`, `image`, `mapUrl` (Google Maps), plus `distanceMeters` (nearby mode) and `eventStartDate`/`eventEndDate` (festivals).

```json
{
    "title": "Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁)",
    "contentType": "Cultural Facility",
    "address": "161, Sajik-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul",
    "latitude": 37.5796,
    "longitude": 126.9770,
    "image": "http://tong.visitkorea.or.kr/...jpg",
    "mapUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.5796,126.977",
    "language": "en"
}
````

### Zero setup — no Korean government account needed

**Just run it.** The actor ships with built-in access to the official API — you don't need to register at data.go.kr, read Korean documentation, or manage a service key. That's the whole point: we crossed the Korean-bureaucracy bridge so you don't have to.

**Heavy user?** Optionally plug in your own free data.go.kr key (`apiKey` input, stored as a secret) for dedicated quota.

### Affiliation

Independent tool built on Korea Tourism Organization public open data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Korea Tourism Organization.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchMode` (type: `string`):

How to find places.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Output language. Korea Tourism Organization serves the same places in 5 languages.

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

OPTIONAL — the actor works out of the box with a built-in key. Provide your own free data.go.kr service key only if you need dedicated quota for heavy usage.

## `areaCode` (type: `integer`):

Region code (1=Seoul, 2=Incheon, 6=Busan, 39=Jeju, ...). Leave empty for all. Run once with searchMode=area and no filters to discover codes, or see README.

## `sigunguCode` (type: `integer`):

District code within the area. Optional.

## `contentTypeId` (type: `string`):

Filter by place type. Leave empty for all types.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Search term (used when searchMode=keyword). e.g. 'Gyeongbokgung', 'temple', 'market'.

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

For searchMode=nearby. e.g. 37.5665 (Seoul City Hall).

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

For searchMode=nearby. e.g. 126.9780.

## `radiusMeters` (type: `integer`):

For searchMode=nearby. Max 20000.

## `festivalStartDate` (type: `string`):

For searchMode=festivals: festivals running on/after this date. Defaults to today.

## `festivalEndDate` (type: `string`):

Optional upper bound for festival search.

## `arrange` (type: `string`):

A=title, C=modified date, P=popularity (view count), O/Q=with-image variants.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum places to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchMode": "area",
  "language": "en",
  "radiusMeters": 2000,
  "arrange": "P",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("graveled_receiver/korea-tour-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("graveled_receiver/korea-tour-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call graveled_receiver/korea-tour-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=graveled_receiver/korea-tour-api",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Korea Tour API — Multilingual Tourist Data",
        "description": "Official Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) data as clean JSON — attractions, festivals, restaurants, stays in 5 languages. Area, nearby-radius, keyword & festival search.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "jebWDyR18ePx2ZWzh"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/graveled_receiver~korea-tour-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-graveled_receiver-korea-tour-api",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/graveled_receiver~korea-tour-api/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-graveled_receiver-korea-tour-api",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/graveled_receiver~korea-tour-api/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-graveled_receiver-korea-tour-api",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "searchMode",
                    "language"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "searchMode": {
                        "title": "Search mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "area",
                            "nearby",
                            "keyword",
                            "festivals"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "How to find places.",
                        "default": "area"
                    },
                    "language": {
                        "title": "Language",
                        "enum": [
                            "en",
                            "ja",
                            "zh-cn",
                            "zh-tw",
                            "ko"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Output language. Korea Tourism Organization serves the same places in 5 languages.",
                        "default": "en"
                    },
                    "apiKey": {
                        "title": "Your own data.go.kr key (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "OPTIONAL — the actor works out of the box with a built-in key. Provide your own free data.go.kr service key only if you need dedicated quota for heavy usage."
                    },
                    "areaCode": {
                        "title": "Area code",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Region code (1=Seoul, 2=Incheon, 6=Busan, 39=Jeju, ...). Leave empty for all. Run once with searchMode=area and no filters to discover codes, or see README."
                    },
                    "sigunguCode": {
                        "title": "Sigungu (district) code",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "District code within the area. Optional."
                    },
                    "contentTypeId": {
                        "title": "Content type",
                        "enum": [
                            "76",
                            "78",
                            "79",
                            "80",
                            "82",
                            "84",
                            "85",
                            "86"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by place type. Leave empty for all types."
                    },
                    "keyword": {
                        "title": "Keyword",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Search term (used when searchMode=keyword). e.g. 'Gyeongbokgung', 'temple', 'market'."
                    },
                    "latitude": {
                        "title": "Latitude",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "For searchMode=nearby. e.g. 37.5665 (Seoul City Hall)."
                    },
                    "longitude": {
                        "title": "Longitude",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "For searchMode=nearby. e.g. 126.9780."
                    },
                    "radiusMeters": {
                        "title": "Radius (meters)",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 20000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "For searchMode=nearby. Max 20000.",
                        "default": 2000
                    },
                    "festivalStartDate": {
                        "title": "Festival start date (YYYYMMDD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "For searchMode=festivals: festivals running on/after this date. Defaults to today."
                    },
                    "festivalEndDate": {
                        "title": "Festival end date (YYYYMMDD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional upper bound for festival search."
                    },
                    "arrange": {
                        "title": "Sort order",
                        "enum": [
                            "P",
                            "A",
                            "C",
                            "O",
                            "Q"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A=title, C=modified date, P=popularity (view count), O/Q=with-image variants.",
                        "default": "P"
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum places to return.",
                        "default": 100
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```