Can I get a VAT refund as a tourist?

Yes. Tourists can claim a refund on purchases of ₩15,000 or more per receipt at tax-free shops, either immediately at the register (with a passport) or at the airport counter or kiosk before departure.

• ✓Each receipt must be at least ₩15,000 and the goods must be new and unused.
• ✓Immediate refund at the register: a single payment of ₩15,000 up to less than ₩1,000,000, and no more than ₩5,000,000 spent over the whole trip. Show your passport.
• △You must leave Korea within three months of the purchase date.
• •At Incheon, refund counters and kiosks are in Terminal 1 (3F near Gate 28) and Terminal 2 (3F duty-free zone near Gates 250 and 253); cash refunds are paid after security screening.
• •Eligible: non-Koreans staying less than six months, and overseas Koreans who meet the stated conditions.

• •Your passport at the shop, the counter and the kiosk
• •Receipts and unused goods

• •Packing the goods in checked luggage before the refund and customs steps

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• VisitKorea: Duty Free & Tax Refunds
• Incheon International Airport

Limits are set by the tax authorities and have changed over time; confirm in the shop.