Gwangju undergoing transition into a medical tourism city

Gwangju is the central city in the southwest region of the Republic of Korea and is one of the 6 metropolitan cities including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon and Daejeon. It is equipped with abundant specialized medical manpower and facilities including medical colleges, dental colleges and university hospitals, etc. Moreover, it has the advantages in cultivation of medical industry which is a highly technology concentrated industry as the City has high concentration of research institutes, companies and support institutions centered-around advanced industry estates.
In addition, Gwangju is cultivating the medical industry with focus on [materials and components industry for bio-medicine] by selecting it as one of the ’11 major representative industries of Gwangju’ in alignment with the paradigm shifts in the global medical industry in the current era of the 4th industrial revolution. Relevant sales revenues and employment are growing at a remarkable annual average rate of more than 10%. Gwangju is characterized by high level of interest of specialists including clinical physicians in industrialization along with establishment of strong network among local autonomous governments, corporate support institutions and companies. Gwangju is expanding its business activities from the existing materials and components industry to the domains of optical convergence, medical robotics, bio and cosmetics, dementia and AI-based convergence medical industry.

Medi-Well Gwangju, the center of medical tourism

Gwangju is equipped with global level medical technologies and the most outstanding per capita medical infrastructure in Korea as an advanced medical city.
As we have already established One-Stop system for medical tourism ranging from consultation and appointment prior to entry to follow-up care after departure, we promise to provide the best medical services to you.

Health city, Gwangju

Special features and strengths of Gwangju medical tourism