Medical tourism is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care. This activity has been developing in Panama for the past few years. However, there is no regulation or duly established legal framework to regulate it.
More than 600 triathletes
Panama City, Panama played host to the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Panama on Sunday, February 12, 2012, with a $75,000 professional prize purse and 1,500 KPR points. This past weekend's race served as the first Latin American Pro Ironman 70.3 Championships and attracted strong professional fields to do battle in Central America.
The Panama Canal Authority and Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law will hold the XVI International Maritime Congress and Expo from February 14th through February 17th, with participation of approximately 250 national and international specialists in the maritime sector.
The ‘Maritime Summit for a legal and logistics global platform' will take place in the midst of an increasingly competitive industry in a global economy, with rapid technological advances, particularly in computers and digital communications.
For this Ironman 70.3 Panama, to be held on Sunday 12 February, there are women willing to give it all to put the country’s name among the best.
Two of the best female local triathlon competitors, Cristina Mata and Gaby Aued, are ready to compete. They’re just waiting to undertake the most complicated journey in their sporting lives.
The new convention center to be built on the Amador Causeway will be managed by an international operator with experience in managing large events.
The call for tender will be held within three to four months before the end of the project construction, which will require an investment of $140 million.
