More Chinese Travel to Korea for Beauty

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Beijing announced on Monday that 1,073 visas for medical tourism were issued in 2011, a 386 percent increase from a year earlier, chinanews.com reported.

Among the 1,073 visitors, many made the trip for cosmetic surgery. South Korea is attracting medical tourists from China with its short distance and advanced technology, ROK’s Yonhap News Agency reported.

Total Chinese visitors to ROK reached 2.05 million in 2011, a 23.6 percent increase from 2010.


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Camille started within the beauty industry when she founded the magazine Dateline Beauty in the mid 90’s. Taking the beauty industry to a new level in marketing, Dateline Beauty was the first “beauty industry” magazine of it’s kind. The magazine was produced to disseminate information to the public about cosmetic surgery, cosmeceuticals, dermatology, spa treatments and more. During this time, Camille became instrumental in helping to establish standards of public education on cosmetic surgery and the understanding of medical board certifications. In 2000, Camille took the concept of the Dateline Beauty Magazine and brought it into an interactive, news-magazine formatted television show called The Beauty Show. Camille’s production company, called “A BIG Production Company” was the first company within the beauty niche market to produce an interactive TV series produced from the “ground up,” strictly for the spa, resort, beauty, health, fashion and fitness markets.