About Costa Rica
Opportunities and advantages
Medical tourism represents a great business opportunity for Costa Rica; one that is accentuated by the advantages that the country already possesses.
Opportunities for Costa Rica
- The medical tourist spends on average 5 times more than the vacationing visitor.
- In 2008, an estimated 25,000 medical tourists traveled to Costa Rica.
- The United States and Canada are the main source of Costa Rica’s medical tourists.
- The average stay of medical tourists who come to Costa Rica is 11 days.
- The most common medical services provided to medical tourists are:
- Dental work – 36%
- Surgeries – 22%
- Medical treatments – 14%
- Aesthetic surgeries – 12%