In 2018, roughly 65 percent of foreign visitors who came to South Korea as medical tourists visited hospitals and clinics in the capital city of Seoul. This made Seoul the region seeing the most foreign patients that year. Other popular regions were the Gyeonggi province, and the cities of Incheon and Daegu, with around 12 percent and 4.7 percent respectively.
Distribution of foreign patients traveling to South Korea for medical treatment in 2018, by province
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KHIDI. (2019). Distribution of foreign patients traveling to South Korea for medical treatment in 2018, by province. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1101353/south-korea-medical-tourists-distribution-by-province/
KHIDI. "Distribution of Foreign Patients Traveling to South Korea for Medical Treatment in 2018, by Province." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Apr 2019, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1101353/south-korea-medical-tourists-distribution-by-province/
KHIDI, Distribution of foreign patients traveling to South Korea for medical treatment in 2018, by province Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1101353/south-korea-medical-tourists-distribution-by-province/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
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