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Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

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200 ● Notes16. Peter Schofield, “Health <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>in</strong> the Kyrgyz Republic: the Soviet Salt M<strong>in</strong>eExperience,” <strong>in</strong> New Horizons <strong>in</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong>, ed. Tej Vir S<strong>in</strong>gh (Cambridge, MA:CABI Publish<strong>in</strong>g, 2004), p. 139.17. World Travel and <strong>Tourism</strong> Council, Country League Tables (Madrid: Travel and<strong>Tourism</strong> Economic Research, 2004), table 12.18. Mario Marcon<strong>in</strong>i, “Domestic Capacity and International Trade <strong>in</strong> HealthServices: The Ma<strong>in</strong> Issues,” <strong>in</strong> UNCTAD-WHO Jo<strong>in</strong>t Publication, InternationalTrade <strong>in</strong> Health Services, p. 60.19. Indrani Gupta, Bishwanath Goldar, and Arup Mitra, “The Case of India,” <strong>in</strong>UNCTAD-WHO Jo<strong>in</strong>t Publication, International Trade <strong>in</strong> Health Services,p. 223.20. A strategic plan was formulated for Hawaii, with the goal of reposition<strong>in</strong>g orrecreat<strong>in</strong>g its tourism <strong>in</strong>dustry. The islands were to be promoted as the healthcare and wellness center of the Pacific. For example, the Hilton HawaiianVillage <strong>in</strong> Oahu has undergone a renovation of its spa facility to make it thelargest of its k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> the world. Misty M. Johanson, “Health, Wellness FocusWith<strong>in</strong> Resort Hotels,” FIU Hospitality Review 22, no. 1, (2004): p. 26.21. Dubai Healthcare City, www.dhcc.ae/en/Default.aspx?type=1&id=7, accessedJune 15, 2006.22. Chile News, “Export<strong>in</strong>g Good Health,” accessed March 21, 2006, www.segogob.cl/archivos/ChileNews73.pdf.23. There is also tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of foreign students and send<strong>in</strong>g medical personnel abroad.Diaz Benavides, “Trade Policies and Export of Health Services,” <strong>in</strong> WHO,Trade <strong>in</strong> Health Services, p. 61.24. F<strong>in</strong>ancial Times, July 2, 2003.25. Ivy Teh and Calv<strong>in</strong> Chu, “Supplement<strong>in</strong>g Growth with <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong>,” AsiaPacific Biotech News (Special Report: <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong>) 9, no. 8 (2005).26. Joan Henderson, “Healthcare <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>in</strong> Southeast Asia,” <strong>Tourism</strong> ReviewInternational 7, no. 3–4 (2004): p. 116.27. Henderson, “Healthcare <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>in</strong> Southeast Asia,” p. 115.28. “RP Ready for <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong>,” Global Nation, March 2004, www.<strong>in</strong>q7.net/globalnation/ser_ann/2004/mar/12-01.htm.29. Hilda Mol<strong>in</strong>a, “Cuban Medic<strong>in</strong>e Today,” www.cubacenter.org/media/archives/1998/summer/medic<strong>in</strong>e_today.php3.30. The National Economic Action Council is aim<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>in</strong>crease health tourism andits revenue ten times by 2010. Henderson, “Healthcare <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>in</strong> SoutheastAsia,” p. 114.31. Orvill Adams and Colette K<strong>in</strong>non, “A Public Health Perspective,” <strong>in</strong> UNCTAD-WHO Jo<strong>in</strong>t Publication, International Trade <strong>in</strong> Health Services, p. 49.32. Rupa Chanda, “Trade <strong>in</strong> Health Services,” <strong>in</strong> WHO, Trade <strong>in</strong> Health Services,p. 42.33. Benavides, “Trade Policies and Export of Health Services,” p. 65.34. “RP Ready for <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong>.”35. Benavides, “Trade Policies and Export of Health Services,” p. 61.

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