Currently, people in medical tourism industry agree that they should focus on Russian market which sounds more lucrative than Chinese market. As Chinese medical tourists have avoided visiting Korean dermatology or plastic surgery clinics, most of the clinics where targeted Chinese tourists showed low profitability. Official statistics released in 2013 from Korea Health Industry Development Institute Act shows that it was Russian patients who paid the most money, 3.14 million won, for cancer and cardiovascular treatment whereas Chinese medical tourists spent 2.45 million won in dermatology and plastic surgery, Japanese spent 770 thousand won in oriental medicine and dermatology clinic.
Sejong General Hospital and MyongJi Hospital are highly well-known among Russian people as they have worked on Russian medical tour market for a long time. They said that Rome wasn't built in a day. MyongJi Hospital held a briefing session about extending its business into Russia, which was the first attempt in Korea. Also, it was 2012 when it opened a health examination center in Vladivostok, Russia. Sejong General Hospital is popular as much as MyongJi Hospital. Every year over two thousand patients in Khabarovsk region visit Sejong General Hospital which is remarkable record.
