# Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data

> Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data turns datasets from the Seoul Open Data Plaza into tables and charts: foreign patients in Seoul by nationality, clinics approved for medical tourism, and attractions, restaurants and shops by district and subway station. No recommendations. Korean and English.

## About the publisher

- Publisher: Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data (https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en)
- Contact: info@seoulmeditourinfo.org
- What this site is: A free information site that explains open data. No advertising, affiliate links, sign-up or fees. It is not a medical institution or a foreign patient facilitator, and it does not recommend hospitals or arrange treatment.
- The site runs no surveys of its own. Every figure comes from open data published on the Seoul Open Data Plaza, or is calculated from it.
- Korean edition: https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/

## Topic hubs

- [Medical Tourism in Seoul](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/topics/seoul-medical-tourism): Seoul had 1,755,002 foreign patients in 2025, and 62.6% of the 1,491 medical tourism clinics on the 2015 list were in Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu.
- [Sightseeing in Seoul](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/topics/seoul-tourism): Seoul's official travel guide lists 506 attractions, 1,373 restaurants and 327 shopping places (list of 9 Oct 2026).

## Medical Tourism in Seoul

- [Foreign Patients in Seoul](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-foreign-patients-by-nationality): Seoul had 1,755,002 foreign patients in 2025, led by Japan with 572,967 (32.6%) and China with 539,270 (30.7%).
- [Medical Tourism Clinics in Seoul](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-medical-tourism-clinics-by-district): The 2015 list has 1,491 medical tourism clinics in Seoul, and 740 of them (49.6%) are in Gangnam-gu.
- [Medical Tourism Clinics in Seoul by Specialty](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-medical-tourism-clinics-by-specialty): Grouped by English name, the 1,491 medical tourism clinics on Seoul's 2015 list are led by plastic surgery with 329 (22.1%), followed by dentistry with 285.
- [Medical Tourism Clinics in Gangnam](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/gangnam-medical-tourism-clinics): The 2015 list has 740 medical tourism clinics in Gangnam-gu, which is 49.6% of the 1,491 in Seoul.
- [Medical Tourism and Sightseeing in Seoul by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-medical-tourism-and-sightseeing-by-district): Gangnam-gu has the most medical tourism clinics (740) and Jongno-gu the most attractions (174), while Jung-gu is the one district in the top three of both lists.

## Sightseeing in Seoul

- [Seoul Attractions by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-attractions-by-district): The city's official travel guide listed 506 Seoul attractions on 9 Oct 2026, and 174 of them (34.7%) are in Jongno-gu.
- [Seoul Restaurants by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-restaurants-by-district): The city's official travel guide listed 1,373 Seoul restaurants on 9 Oct 2026, and 250 of them (18.2%) are in Jongno-gu.
- [Seoul Shopping Places by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-shopping-by-district): The city's official travel guide lists 327 Seoul shopping places, and 156 of them (47.7%) are in Jung-gu, Jongno-gu and Gangnam-gu.
- [Seoul Attractions by Subway Station](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-tourism-by-subway-station): Of all Seoul subway stations, 안국역 is named most often as the nearest station by attractions, restaurants and shops, with 129 places.

## Explainers

- [How to Read Seoul Medical Tourism Statistics](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/articles/how-to-read-seoul-medical-tourism-data): Seoul medical tourism statistics have to be read as five separate datasets with different reference dates. Patient numbers are for 2025 and the clinic list is from 2015, so the two cannot be divided into each other or joined into one series.
- [How Many Seoul Attractions Are Closed on Mondays?](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/articles/seoul-attractions-closed-on-monday): 157 of the 506 places on the Seoul attractions list say they close on Mondays. Among the 350 that state a closing day, that is 44.9%.
- [Accessible Attractions in Seoul: How Many List Facilities?](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/articles/accessible-attractions-in-seoul): 87 of the 506 places on the Seoul attractions list (17.2%) record at least one barrier-free facility. 24 record all five kinds.

## Main pages

- [Seoul Medical Tourism Data](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data): All data pages built from foreign patient statistics, the clinic list, and the lists of attractions, restaurants and shops
- [Seoul Medical Tourism Data Explained](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/articles): How to read the statistics, attractions closed on Mondays, and attractions that list barrier-free facilities
- [Seoul Medical Tourism Glossary](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/glossary): What foreign patient, medical tourism clinic, district and related terms mean
- [Seoul Medical Tourism FAQ](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/faq): Questions and answers on the patient statistics, the clinic list and the tourism lists
- [About Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/about): Editorial policy, sources of data and photos, contact
- Feeds: https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/rss.xml (RSS), https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/feed.xml (Atom)
- Add /index.md to any page URL for a Markdown copy. Example: https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-foreign-patients-by-nationality/index.md

## Data and reuse

- Seoul: foreign patients by nationality: 1,755,002 in 2025
- Seoul: medical institutions approved for medical tourism, English list (2015): 1,491 in Seoul
- Seoul attractions 506, restaurants 1,373, shopping places 327 (downloaded 9 Oct 2026)
- Licence: all five datasets are KOGL Type 1 (attribution)

## Editorial conventions

- Figures are printed as in the source, and calculated values are labelled as calculated
- Sources with different reference dates are never divided or added together
- Clinics are not named, and hospitals and shops are not recommended
- Clinic specialties are an editorial grouping by words in the English name, because the source has no specialty column

## Contact

- info@seoulmeditourinfo.org