South Korea: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | 400,000 |
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Inbound medical tourism 2021 | Login to view |
Inbound health and wellness | Login to view |
Outbound medical tourism | Login to view |
Tourists 2019 | 17.50 million |
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Population 2021 | 51.3 million |
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The Republic of Korea is known as South Korea to show it is separate from The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, known better as North Korea.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
The number of foreign patients was on a sharp increase for years, with the government actively promoting medical tourism.
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
Many thousands, but no data known.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
Korea is very active and there is website Visit Medical Korea. There are several medical tourism packages on offer. The site offers information on the top 50 hospitals for cosmetic surgery, medical screening and other services in English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Russian.
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Medical tourism news and opinion
- Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers
Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers. Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in
- South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector
Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law
- South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector
Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law