Plastic Surgery Tourism in Colombia: An Increasing Trend

May 30, 2014

(Columbia Reports) – Tourism figures for Colombia have been on the rise for years. Foreigners come for the beaches and the mountains, the diverse cultural festivals and world-renowned biodiversity. Increasingly, though, Colombia is a destination for a different kind of travel.Medical tourism in general is up, and so is a special offshoot thereof. Foreigners are beginning to see Colombia as one of the premier sites for plastic surgery, says Dr. Lina Triana, the general secretary of the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the president of the Colombian Plastic Surgery Society (SCCP).