Colombia, Foreigners Travel to Cali for Healthcare

Posted on May 20, 2011 • Filed under: Business, Colombia, Health, TRAVEL

•50,000 procedures of aesthetic surgery are carried out 14,000 of which are performed on foreigners.
•This is due to the high quality of Colombian healthcare which in relation to places such as the U.S. or Europe can cost 7 times less.
•“Medical tourism” in Cali could prove to provide substantial income as people from countries such as the U.S. and Spain come especially for aesthetic surgery procedures.
•With the improving situation of the infrastructure and hotels, the healthcare will remain important to Cali’s status as a site of international tourism. Read Article

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