Plastic Surgery Tourism in Korea

Korea Plastic Surgery

 

Do you Know Gangnam Style?

In Korea, plastic surgery is regarded as normal and many people are doing it that much. Especially, Gangnam is famous for lots of plastic surgery. Maybe you have heard 'Gangnam sister'. It means when you go to the Gangnam, you can see similiar face's beautiful women who did plastic surgery.



Look at below graph. Korea ranks world top 1 in the rate of plastic surgery per population. This number includes foreigners who did plastic surgery in Korea. Korea has the best technology of plastic surgery all over the world because Korean put emphasis on apperance and they are very strict to it. Standing with this reputation, more and more foreigners are coming to Korea for their plastic surgery.

Plastic Surgery Tourism

Plastic surgery is becoming one course of Korea tourism. Especially, as the K-drama '별에서 온 그대' has been popular in China, many China people want to be like the role's appearance of that drama, '천송이' or '도민준'.

 

 

China tourists

Korea government is also welcoming the tourists of China. That is china tourists's expenses in Korea for plastic surgery can help economic stimulation. They do plastic surgery, and buy luxury sunglasses and cosmetics in department store. Also, plastic surgery tourism is usually long-term tour, so its revenue is far much than others. Even, some chineses come periodically and spend lots of money in Korea. So, Korea Toursim Organization is marketing Korea plastic surgery tour actively in China.




 The number of such tourists are becoming more and more pile up. For last 5 years, its number is increased about 5 times.

 

 

 

 

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