Medical Tourism

 

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Oct. 1 that it has established “VISIT Medical Korea,” an integrated medical tourism platform, at www.visitmedicalkorea.com so as to provide more timely and accurate medical tourism information for tourists. 

The idea of the new platform is make Korea even more attractive as a tourist destination by making use of medical tourism and turning the country into the medical tourism hub of the world based on openness, sharing, communication, and collaboration. 

Various private medical institutions can open their micro sites on the platform to provide tailored information for medical consumers. Also, the services are monitored and followed up by public and private entities for higher reliability. The platform is divided into six sections covering beauty care, Oriental medicine, wellness, medical checkups, minor ailment treatments, and intensive care. 

The platform is characterized by communication with consumers, too. They can have easy access to the information they need via the Internet and choose from various services to suit their needs through one-on-one online consulting. In addition, they can post their stories and experiences as medical tourists in Korea on the website, which is expected to be highly interactive.

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