Foreigners coming to Korea for medical tourism purposes started in 2009 with the actual number of visitors being more than 60 thousand people and increasing by about 6.2% each year with a total of over 2.88 million people coming from 222 countries. family. (total number of patients is over 7.36 million people).
Korea has won the “Medical Tourism Destination of the Year” award for two consecutive years at global medical tourism conferences held around the world and received awards such as the ‘Porter Prize for Excellence’. in CSV – The community ‘Process Award’ voted by Professor Michael Eugene Porter, proves its competitiveness and global interest as a medically advanced country.
Some related awards:
+ First prize “Medical tourism destination of the year” (2018, 2019), IMTJ Medical Travel Summit
+ Porter Prize for Excellence in CSV” “Process Award” community (2019)
+ “Excellent Covid-19 epidemic response award” (2020), IMTJ Medical Travel Summit
+ “Award “Social contribution program of the year”, Healthcare Asia Medtech Awards (2021)