Surgery tours or beach holidays?
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News.com.au said the survey by totaltravel.com found that while 30 percent of the 451 respondents would prefer an old-fashioned holiday, and 38.5 percent said they would only have surgery in Australia, the rest said they would love to relax by a pool while saving thousands on surgery.
Asian countries like Thailand, Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka are pushing medical tourism, thanks to their cheaper surgery costs, attracting many from the West.
Totaltravel.com managing director Malcolm Baker was quoted saying that people are becoming more conscious of how they look.
” I’m not surprised that the travel industry is taking advantage of this social trend and that cosmetic surgery holidays have become so popular.”
The new tourism trend has prompted a warning from plastic surgeons about the dangers of cut-price surgery.
The report quoted a survey by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons earlier in the year which found a growing number of people seeking post-trip medical help due to complications.
“Unfortunately there will always be people lured overseas if they think they can save money,” Society president Howard Webster was quoted saying.
“We want to remind them that it could end up costing a lot more in the end.”
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