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Daegu's Suseong-gu is tapping into a new market to attract Japanese medical tourists.

Suseong-gu announced on September 17 that it held a PR presentation in Tokyo and Osaka with Daegu Techno Park Oriental Medicine Industry Support Center to attract Japanese medical tourists.

The presentation was attended by about 110 people, including hospital and clinic staff, heads of travel agents, bloggers related to medical tourism and writers.

Four medical institutions including Medipark, Daegu Korean Medicine Hospital of Daegu Haany University, Coby Korean Medicine Hospital and Taeeulyangsaeng Oriental Medicine Clinic introduced their excellent medical treatments and customized products for Japan.

Medical Tourism Team of Suseng-gu met Director of Hana Tour Japan Office and CEO of Suntravel and discussed on ways to revitalize medical tourism business of Suseong-gu in the Japanese market.

"The presentation provided an opportunity to introduce high medical quality of our region and special products linked with tourist sites and cuisine, and also provided a new foothold for attracting medical tourists from Japan, which is the main target country," said Kim Dae-gwon, head of the District.

june@newsis.com

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Source: Newsis (September 17, 2018)

** This article was translated from Korean.