Korea Medical & Wellness Travel Mart held in Dubai

Arab News
The 2017 Korea Medical & Wellness Travel Mart was held in the presence of the South Korean Ambassador to UAE Kang Ho Park.

This year’s edition of the 2017 Korea Medical & Wellness Travel Mart was held at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City Hotel recently. The event aimed at reinforcing South Korea’s reputation as a highly preferred medical destination for individuals from the GCC region, particularly the UAE.
The event was held in the presence of the South Korean Ambassador to the UAE Kang Ho Park.
To date, around 26,893 tourists from the GCC visited South Korea in 2016, with 10,690 coming from the UAE — a large part of these figures are composed of tourists visiting South Korea for medical purposes.
“We are proud to organize this year’s edition of the 2017 Korea Medical & Wellness Travel Mart, which strongly demonstrates the strong ties between South Korea and the UAE and reflects the great deal of efforts that we have done to expand cooperation in the health and medical field,” said Ambassador Park.
He added: “Over the last five years, the number of Emirati tourists visiting South Korea for medical purposes has increased by more than 10 times, and we are more than happy to open our doors for them — providing them with the best patient care services combined with modern medical breakthroughs and highly skilled and trained medical professionals.
“Rest assured that we will remain steadfast in our efforts to create more events and occasions for Korean and Emirati people to interact and communicate, not only in the medical and health field, but also in other diverse areas.”
Kyoosang Kang, regional director of Korea Tourism Organization, said: “South Korea is emerging as one of the leading players in the global health care segment. In line with this, we are confident that today’s event will help attract more UAE tourists to come visit us. The strong ties with the UAE and other countries in the GCC region have prompted us to implement successful inroads for personalized services catering to Muslim patients, which includes clearer guidelines on clinical care, halal food services, religious observances, apartment type of accommodations, translation services and much more.”