South Korea the Mecca for Plastic Surgery Medical Tourism
Korea has made a remarkable step in the medical tourism industry, and especially when it comes to cosmetic and plastic surgery. If in 2009 the country attracted 60,000 medical tourists, the number has increased by 40% to 85,000 last year and a jaw-dropping 340% to 15,428 tourists in the cosmetic and plastic surgery field alone, according to the Korean government. Officials expect 4 million medical tourists by 2020.
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