해양의료관광의 개념정립에 관한 연구

The Study on Conceptualization of Ocean Medical Tourism

Medical tourism needs a new concept of medical tourism model that combining a long term treatment and rest in the future. Due to the fact that Korea has abundant medical source and ocean environment, ocean medical tourism is becoming a new competitiveness in medical tourism era. With this line, this study tried to conceptualize of Ocean Medical tourism. Based on extended medical tourism definition, literature of the Environment approach of medical tourism and exsiting asset for Health & Wellness Tourism were reviewed and adopted to provide definition and features of new concept. This study conducted as a fundamental study for developing model of Futureoriented Ocean business. The Ocean Medical Tourism will be a new competitive method when Ocean environment around us combined with aggressive policies towards medical tourism.