How do I check lodging type, registration and booking signals?
As of : Check the legal categories and matching public records, then read the booking terms. Day-use labels in apps are not confirmed.
Partial · Confirmed source- [S79] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-01-01 · Checked:
- [S80] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-08-04 · Checked:
- [S81] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-02-10 · Checked:
- [S82] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-04-16 · Checked:
- [S83] Official source (KO) · Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:
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The official sources explain lodging categories, public record lookup routes and a 2022 advertising survey. They do not settle how apps label day-use stays.
| Action or condition | Verdict and evidence level | Scope | Sources and dates |
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| Legal categories and public records | Partial · Confirmed source | The decrees distinguish 숙박업(일반), without cooking facilities, from 숙박업(생활), with cooking facilities, and list tourism categories such as 관광호텔업, 가족호텔업, 호스텔업 and 소형호텔업. Foreign-tourist urban homestays and hanok experiences are separate listed types. Start with the relevant dataset; only license date, operating status, business name and address fields were verified in the lodging file description. | |
| Ads and listing order: 2022 survey | Partial · Confirmed source | A government consumer notice based on a 2022 survey found ads among prominent booking results. Some platforms used an AD marker or a recommended-order setting. This is historical evidence, not a check of current screens. |
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| 대실 / day-use labels in apps | Not confirmed | We have not verified how booking apps label day-use or hourly stays. A field screenshot is still missing. | Not confirmed |
What to check next
Read the two decrees to distinguish the general lodging categories from the tourism categories.
Use the lodging file dataset to look for a matching business name and address, then read its license date and operating status. Check the dataset date; its stated daily update uses data from two days earlier.
- [S81] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-02-10 · Checked:
For tourism-lodging records, review the separate API description. A service-key application is needed for API access.
- [S82] Official source (KO) · Observed: 2026-04-16 · Checked:
Look for advertising markers and read the booking terms before choosing a product. The 2022 survey is a reason to inspect the current screen, not an assessment of any listing.
- [S83] Official source (KO) · Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:
Limits and unknowns
- What you book may differ from what you expect; this guide gives checks rather than a property assessment.
- A business-type field in individual public-data records is not_confirmed; the dataset split and the four named fields are the verified scope.
- Current day-use labels and any individual property’s registration or booking conditions are not_confirmed.
Sources
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[S79] Official source (KO)
The lodging categories in Article 4 distinguish general lodging without cooking facilities from residential-style lodging with cooking facilities.
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Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in phaseD/p1_plan.md and sources.md, with local snapshots where available. No new network request or app test was made while writing this record.
observed_at is the effective date of the cited decree, not a property inspection date.
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[S80] Official source (KO)
Article 2 lists tourism hotel categories, including tourist hotels, family hotels, hostels and small hotels. It also lists foreign-tourist urban homestays and hanok experiences as separate types.
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Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in phaseD/p1_plan.md and sources.md, with local snapshots where available. No new network request or app test was made while writing this record.
observed_at is the effective date of the cited decree. No individual lodging registration was checked.
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[S81] Official source (KO)
The MOIS lodging file dataset lists license dates, operating status, business names and addresses. Its page describes daily updates with data from two days earlier.
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Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in phaseD/p1_plan.md and sources.md, with local snapshots where available. No new network request or app test was made while writing this record.
observed_at is the dataset page modification date. A business-type field within individual records has not been verified.
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[S82] Official source (KO)
MOIS offers a separate tourism-lodging record API with daily updates. Access needs a service-key application.
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Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in phaseD/p1_plan.md and sources.md, with local snapshots where available. No new network request or app test was made while writing this record.
observed_at is the API page modification date. No service key was requested and no API record was retrieved.
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[S83] Official source (KO)
A government consumer notice reports a 2022 survey of six lodging booking platforms. It found advertising among prominent listings, with some ads identified by an AD label or a recommended-order setting.
Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:
Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in phaseD/p1_plan.md and sources.md, with local snapshots where available. No new network request or app test was made while writing this record.
The survey year is 2022. The supplied research gives no month or day, so observed_at is omitted rather than inventing a date. Current app labels have not been checked.
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