Number of foreign medical patients soars in 2013
A growing number of foreigners are coming to Korea, not for vacation, but for medical treatment, namely plastic surgery.
The number of foreign tourists visiting the country for medical purposes surpassed the 200-thousand mark last year, for the first time ever, according to the health ministry.
That’s a jump of nearly 33 percent on-year.
And when they come, they spend money.
Foreign patients spent more than 3-hundred-80 million dollars on medical treatments in Korea in 2013.
A quarter of all medical tourists last year came from China, which topped the list, followed by those from the U.S., Russia, and Japan.
source: http://www.arirang.co.kr / Arirang News / Home> National / May 21st, 2014
Reporter : Lian.yoo@arirang.co.kr
