Medical Tourism Advantages

Advantage (depending upon implementation some of these can turn into disadvantages)

• employment (1 emp/1000 tourist) (labor intensive, few administrative positions, little upward mobility)

• infrastructure development (roads, water, electricity, telecom and cybercom, but not necessarily local priorities)

• cultural preservation (economic incentives to preserve food, fashion, festivals and physical history, but these tend to be superficial elements of a culture)

• environmental protection (econ incentives to preserve nature, wildlife and urban cleanliness)

• foreign exchange (generates resources to import food, pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer goods)