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Traveling to Korea (post covid)

As I'm now in the Taxi on the way to the hotel, I can say there wasn't enough information "on google" about what the travel process is like for South Korea vis a vis the May 2022 covid policies. So I'll tell you what I experienced as a vacation traveller on a US passport. First, 72 hours or more before you travel you should get a k-eta electronic visa. Apparently this is new as of last year and really isn't related to covid. There is an app for this - a little clunky finding your hotel but one or two tries should get your application submitted. Luckily I got approved within about 10 minutes or I'd I would bot have been allowed to board the aircraft. I recommend printing out the final approval information to show the checkin agent and boarding agents and saving a screen grab on your phone. Second, is the new q-code website. It requires proof of vaccination (you need to be fully boosted more or less). I uploaded my CDC vaccine card (3 times actually). It als