Wellness trips give escape from pressure

The pressure of daily life is sending more Chinese overseas for a wide variety of treatments, especially wellness care at overseas resort-style facilities. Thailand's Chiva-Som resort, the Mulia Resort & Villa in Bali, the Fusion Maia Resort in Vietnam and Japan's Hoshino Resorts are among those popular destinations.

There's no exam, no surgery - and no shopping. These medical guests check in and spend about one week enjoying healthy food, spas and treatments that offer an escape from hectic urban life.

Lavion International Travel Services Co Ltd, a Beijing-based travel agency focusing on private medical tourism, reached out to an online business called daizhe.cn at the beginning of 2013. The site provides resort information for its members.