Seoul's push into medical tourism generated the loudest buzz this week, as the city certified a new batch of recovery-focused hotels for international patients — a program the Seoul Metropolitan Government rolled out in close coordination with the Seoul Tourism Organization.
On the domestic front, Mayo Clinic kept health-travel logistics in the conversation through its referral facilitator program, which continues to smooth the path for patients navigating cross-border care. Fertility travel emerged as its own thread, with CNY Fertility named in reporting on Americans increasingly heading abroad for lower-cost IVF, while BioTexCom and Surrogacy4All were cited in parallel coverage of surrogacy journeys that cross borders. Birth tourism drew scrutiny too, as Miami's Have My Baby concierge service appeared in coverage tied to renewed U.S. attention on the practice. Cosmetic travel added a darker note this week after 305 Plastic Surgery was linked to a case involving an out-of-state patient, even as Pure Plastic Surgery stayed visible through ongoing patient reviews. MiletusMed closed out the list, surfacing in promotional activity tied to U.S.-Turkey medical tourism.
Altogether, the week's coverage shows a health tourism landscape stretched across recovery lodging, fertility travel, surrogacy and cosmetic procedures — with Seoul's institutional push standing out against a backdrop of individual clinics and services competing for attention on cost and care quality.
| # | Name | Score | 24h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 92.6 | +0% |
| 2 | S | Seoul Tourism Organization | 88.3 | +0% |
| 3 | M | Mayo Clinic | 82.7 | +0% |
| 4 | C | CNY Fertility | 77.9 | +0% |
| 5 | H | Have My Baby | 73.4 | +0% |
| 6 | 3 | 305 Plastic Surgery | 68.8 | +0% |
| 7 | B | BioTexCom | 64.1 | +0% |
| 8 | S | Surrogacy4All | 59.5 | +0% |
| 9 | P | Pure Plastic Surgery | 54.9 | +0% |
| 10 | M | MiletusMed | 50.3 | +0% |