"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 current
Secretary of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and the