The Cultural Heritage Administration (Administrator Chung Jae-suk) announced that the royal palaces and tombs and its other affiliated facilities will reopen to the public on July 22 after being shut down for 55 days.
Followings are the places opened to the pulic from July 22.
- Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace
- Royal Tombs
- Jongmyo Shrine
- National Palace Museum of Korea
The reopening is upon the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to relax quarantine measures in Seoul Capital Area remaining Level 1 social distancing system.
The number of visitors to indoor places such as the National Palace Museum of Korea will be limited to one thousand people per day. Visitors are asked to make a reservation and use QR code verification system.
In outdoor places such as royal palaces and tombs, while they have no limitation on the number of visitors, they can only admit a certain number of visitors to the indoor areas of each palace and tomb.
All visitors are asked to abide by quarantine measures including individual admission only, wearing a mask, and temperature checks.