Check How Many TMAP Points You Can Get at Most for Driving to Population-Decline Areas

What is this benefit?

It is the car travel item in the autumn travel campaign that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization run in October and November 2026. In the declaration ceremony speech the ministry posted on September 15, 2026, giving TMAP points to people who drive to population-decline areas appears alongside rail discounts, lodging discounts, campsite discounts, and island travel lodging discounts. The speech has no point amounts or payment criteria, and the details are in the car benefit guide on the Korea Tourism Organization's Travel Month page.

The payment method is TMAP points. Where the points can be used and how long they stay valid are not on the page I checked, so look them up separately in the TMAP app.

Who can get it, and under what conditions?

These are the conditions confirmed in the Korea Tourism Organization guide.

• The destination is an attraction in one of the 89 population-decline areas.
• You must drive 30km or more from your starting point.
• The area where you live is excluded.
• You must first take the eco-friendly, safe-driving travel pledge before driving.

To find out which cities and counties are among the 89 population-decline areas, it is more accurate to search for the destination in the TMAP app.

How many points does each stamp give?

Stamps are collected per basic local government visited, and the points depend on the number of stamps.

Collecting three adds up to 30,000 points, which is the per-account cap the guide mentions. The same visited area is not counted twice, so visiting the same city or county three times gives only one stamp. You have to visit three different places to reach the cap.

Are there extra points?

Separate from the basic stamp points, there are three additional items.

The guide says the operating period of these extra benefits may change. I could not tell from the sources I checked whether the extras count toward the 30,000-point cap. Before you calculate a total and plan your trip, look at the final amount on the event screen in the app.

What are the steps to take part?

The steps in the guide are simple.

1. Take the eco-friendly, safe-driving travel pledge.
2. Search for an attraction in a population-decline area as your destination in TMAP and set off.
3. Drive 30km or more from your starting point, and after you arrive, collect the visit stamp.
4. Points are credited according to the number of stamps.

How stamps are collected and the arrival recognition range can be seen only on the detail screen inside the app. Open that screen once before you leave.

What is easy to miss?

• You can check and join only in the mobile app, and the event detail screen opens only inside the TMAP app.
• The guide says the program can end before November 30 if the budget runs out.
• The operating period is shown as October 1 (Thu) to November 30 (Mon). The page lists no year, but the weekdays match the 2026 calendar and the same period the ministry gave for its 2026 autumn campaign in October and November.
• The materials I checked do not say whether you can combine this with other benefits of the same autumn campaign, such as the rail discount coupon or lodging discounts.

Where can you ask?

Inquiries about joining and points are filed through My, Customer Center, and 1:1 Inquiry in the TMAP app. For the campaign overall, see the Korea Tourism Organization's Korea Travel Guide Travel Month page, and the Korea Tourism Organization's main contact is listed as 033-738-3000. Conditions and budget exhaustion may change, so after the checked date of 2026-10-09, check the latest guidance on the Korea Tourism Organization's Travel Month page and in the TMAP app again.