{
  "id": 635385,
  "title": "GKL, Gangnam Medical Tour Center team up to promote wellness tourism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/gkl-gangnam-medical-tour-center-team-up-to-promote-wellness-tourism",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T05:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20260812/gkl-gangnam-medical-tour-center-team-up-to-promote-wellness-tourism"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) has joined forces with the Gangnam Medical Tour Center to create the K-Medical Wellness Experience Zone, a new interactive showcase designed to draw in overseas visitors and stimulate the local economy via medical and wellness tourism. The casino operator announced the event will take place from August 1st to August 31st, 2022 at the Three Luck Casino Gangnam Coex branch in southern Seoul. The Gangnam Medical Tour Center, operated by the Gangnam District Office, serves as a comprehensive medical tourism support center, offering international patients a one-stop service that includes medical consultations, interpretation, and airport pick-up. This collaboration utilizes the popular location as a direct marketing tool for Gangnam's medical tourism offerings. Visitors can engage in various wellness activities at the zone, such as skin analysis, K-beauty treatments, stress index testing, and massages. Furthermore, the venue promotes health products from local small and medium-sized enterprises, while simultaneously directing casino visitors towards local clinics.",
  "summary": "Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) has partnered with the Gangnam Medical Tour Center to launch the K-Medical Wellness Experience Zone, an interactive showcase aimed at attracting overseas visitors and boosting the local economy through medical and wellness tourism. The state-run casino operator said Wednesday that the event will run through Aug. 31 on the third floor of its Seven Luck Casino Gangnam Coex…",
  "key_points": [
    "GKL partners with Gangnam Medical Tour Center for wellness tourism",
    "K-Medical Wellness Experience Zone opens August 1-31, 2022",
    "Activities include skin analysis, K-beauty treatments, stress testing"
  ],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "GKL, Gangnam Medical Tour Center team up to promote wellness tourism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/gkl-gangnam-medical-tour-center-team-up-to-promote-wellness-tourism-636301",
        "published": "2026-08-12T06:07:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}