Open AccessMedical tourism as a way to strengthen the Health Sector and its implications in the Regional Economy, Case Study: City of Bucaramanga and its Metropolitan Área, Colombia
Author(s) -
Juan Pablo Mariño Jiménez,
Giselle Pinochet,
Silvestre FLORES
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
espacios
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2739-0071
pISSN - 0798-1015
DOI - 10.48082/espacios-a20v41n50p10
Subject(s) - tourism , scope (computer science) , health tourism , metropolitan area , cluster (spacecraft) , medical tourism , position (finance) , business , value (mathematics) , work (physics) , economic geography , regional science , economy , geography , economics , finance , mechanical engineering , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , engineering , programming language
The work compiles the findings of an investigation focused on the structure of the medical tourism value chain in Bucaramanga-Colombia, characterizing the relationships between the actors that make it up and explaining the dynamics of the health cluster in Santander. It is a cross-sectional study with explanatory scope within the qualitative paradigm, which raises the need to integrate tourism with the health cluster as a mechanism to position this destination internationally, improving the economy of the region. key words: medical tourism, value chain, health cluster.
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