[spex x]

I think you've already got some good ideas. A golf course might be a too capital intensive for your bank roll, but then again, its hard to tell knowing nothing about doing business in thailand. My brother has been studying medical tourism for the last few years. Appartenly some east asian countries, including Thailand, have excellent medical care facilities and well-trained doctors. So Americans and Eurpoeans are going there for some medical procedures that insurance won't cover. Mainly plastic surgery and that sort of thing. It saves a bundle on costs to have the procedures done in asia and its perfectly safe. I've thought about getting a company going that specializes in medical tourism travel. You could do a full service thing and take a cut of everything - plane tickets, hotel, and hospital stay. Or maybe you could work out a profit sharing thing with the hospital.

but I think that there are serious problems with the idea. Mostly, it is a difficult idea to sell to americans. How would you market the service? Marketing stateside would be quite expensive. Maybe you could get a few Thai hospitals together in an association that could take on some of the marketing costs. but it would still be difficult. I think it is a viable idea though.