Methodology

Data

• Business licenses for lodging, tourist lodging, tourist pensions, hanok experience and rural homestays — Ministry of the Interior and Safety (data.go.kr), updated weekly.
• Hotel star ratings — Korea Tourism Association and Jeju Tourism Association, updated monthly.
• Check-in times, parking, facilities — Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI (only for properties registered there).
• Subway stations — Korea National Railway nationwide urban railway station data.

Included

Only properties whose license status is 'operating'. Motels (inn-type licenses) and private homestays are excluded; rural homestays named 'pension' or 'pool villa' are included as pensions. Duplicates across datasets are merged by address and name.

Order

Within the same type, properties are ordered by the number of verified public records (operating status, star rating, official designation, KTO registration, English information, published check-in time, parking information), then by room count. This is not a quality ranking.