JYJ has been appointed as the Ambassadors for Korean Medical Tourism! Medical tourism is the travel of people to other countries for the purpose of health or medical treatment in that country, including cosmetic procedures.

Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will complete their website, “VISIT MEDICAL KOREA,” (www.visitmedicalkorea.com) on October 1st. Once the site is up, people all over the world will have access to more accurate information about medical tourism in Korea. “VISIT MEDICAL KOREA” is seen as a method to increase Korea’s competitiveness in the medical tourism industry.

In 2012 159,000 people from 188 countries visited Korea for medical treatment. The Korea Tourism Organization claims that this rose to 399,000 in 2013 and will reach 998,000 in 2020. While there is general agreement that medical tourism is growing, not everybody believes the KTO figures as if true they would mean a huge increase from 2012 to 2013 of an additional 140%.

Soon after the KTO figures had spread globally, the Health Ministry said that just over 200,000 foreigners visited Korea for medical treatment in 2013.

On the October 1st, there will be an opening ceremony held at TIC where the KTO will award medical institutions that have greatly contributed to medical tourism in Korea. Moreover, the Korea Tourism Organization will officially appoint JYJ as the ambassadors of medical tourism.

Source: Sports Seoul, IMTJ

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