韩国保健部门周三表示，自下月起，在韩国接受整形手术和美容服务的外国游客可获得增值税退税。
Foreigners who receive plastic surgery and aesthetic treatment in South Korea will receive a value added tax refund starting next month, the health ministry said Wednesday.
根据韩国保健福祉部表示，此类外国游客提交认证医疗机构或皮肤科诊所发放的诊疗确认书，可在韩国各国际机场的专设柜台办理退税。
The tax rebate will be given at special booths installed in the country's international airports when foreign patients submit a certificate issued by authorized medical institutions or dermatology clinics, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
该部门还补充说明，在今年4月1日至2017年3月31日期间接受抽脂、鼻部整形、眼睑手术等整容和美容服务均可退税。
Cosmetic operations and aesthetic services including liposuction, nasal surgery and eyelid surgery undertaken between April 1 this year and March 31, 2017 are subject to the tax refund, the ministry added.
该税收计划旨在促进韩国的医疗旅游行业，试图满足日益增长的海外需求，并帮助韩国成为全球医疗旅游的新枢纽。
The tax program is aimed at boosting South Korea's medical tourism sector in a bid to meet growing overseas demand and help the country emerge as a new hub of global medical tourism.
根据数据显示，在2014年有15万5千名外国游客处于医疗目的前往首尔，其中大部分人是来自中国，美国，俄罗斯以及日本。
According to data, some 155,000 foreigners visited Seoul in 2014 for medical purposes, mostly from China, the U.S., Russia and Japan.