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The purpose of this study was attempted to examine the determinants factor of overseas medical tourism destination from outbound travellers' perspectives in Korea. Findings of this study were as follow: 'Singapore', 'Thailand', and 'China' were the most successful medical tourism destination among other Asian countries. Respondents perceived medical tourism as 'Health treatment' and 'Oriental medical treatment'. Preferred areas of medical tourism were 'Spa/Massage', 'Oriental medicine', and 'Health check-up'. Furthermore, the respondents were classified into 5 different groups based on their determinants attributes of overseas medical tourism destinations. According to 5 different groups, preferred overseas medical tourism destination was varied. The results of this study provided marketing managers of outbound travel agent with several insights of potential medical tourists and effective marketing strategies.