More and more hotels and tourist attraction places in South Korea are extending their hospitality to assist on the needs of their Muslim visitors. Some places offer a well maintained permanent prayer room that even comes with separate rooms for male and female, while others only offer a simply temporary prayer room, which is advisable to call ahead and make prior arrangement.
Here are a few of the public places such as airport, malls, and hospital that offers prayer room with facilities and prayer materials listed.
If you want to do an extensive search, here’s a website that has information on about 100 places that prayer room. They even have convenient filtering system that makes your search easier.
Lastly, if you somehow ended up at a different location that you have originally planned and you are having trouble finding a prayer room. You make use this phrase to ask the locals.
Where is the prayer room?
Gidosil eodi eyo?
기도실 어디예요?
For tours, before booking, keep an eye on those packages that are either Muslim Friendly or specially for Muslims as the guide for the tours are usually more understanding on the neccessities such as food (Muslim Friendly, Halal Meal, or Pork free), prayer time and prayer places. They'll be able to be more flexible according to your needs. Find more affordable Muslim Friendly South Korea tour packages here!