A nearby geographic area to the United States that may well emerge as a growth area for medical tourism is the Caribbean basin. The Caribbean has the location – close to the United States, as well as a well established tourist trade an infrastructure. It is basically one service industry in place of along side another. Transportation routes as well as budget fares and charters are widely available and established. When you think of why should an American or even a European fly to India or Thailand when the Caribbean nations are closer and easier to get to.
In the United States the “baby boom” generation is demanding more and better health care. Canadians and Europeans find themselves at the long end of cues. In 2004 India alone generated more than $ 359 million dollars in health care tourism.
Indeed the many of the Caribbean nations are former English colonies. Language and culture is similar to that of the United States and Canada. Many of the medical and administrative staff of the medical community was indeed trained in the United States and Canada. Indeed there is a major emphasis in the Caribbean communities on education and further education.
Along with the infrastructure of the tourism industry , the transportation network in place , the geographical nearness and cultural similarities medical tourism is an industry which is an will take shape more and more in the near future
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