Cancun

Cancun, Mexico a modern city and center of medical tourism

Cancun has come a long way in its 39 years of existence. From a former sleepy little Island, it developed into one of the most modern and advanced cities in Latin America. There are about 150 hotels in Cancun with more than 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants. Four million visitors arrive each year in an average of 190 flights daily. Due to this perfect connection to the US and Europe, it has become an advanced center of medical tourism in Mexico.

In recent years some of the best and most advanced hospitals such as the Galenia have opened their doors in Cancun which offer following services:

• Bariatric Surgery
• Cosmetic Surgery
• Prostate Cancer Treatment
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Dental

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Cancun, a gigantic master plan

The city of Cancun resulted from a 1967 study by Banco de México to determine the feasibility of capturing more dollars and other foreign exchange through tourism development. Although the story goes that Cancun was picked by a computer, it was actually selected after extensive research and exploration by the bank's researchers. Banco de México obtained a $27 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to install the first infrastructure.

When development was started on Jan. 23, 1970, Isla Cancun had only three residents, caretakers of the coconut plantation of Don José de Jesús Lima, who lived on Isla Mujeres, and there were only 117 people living in nearby Puerto Juárez, a fishing village and military base.