SARS and travel are intricately interlinked. Travellers were among those primarily affected in the early stages of the outbreak, and…
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Many half-day or single-day adventure tours, particularly high-volume tours at the lower end of the adventure tourism pyramid shown in…
The tourism industry represents a disaster vulnerability of catastrophic potential”. The dependency of most tourism operations on outsiders for income,…
Travel medicine practitioners often constitute the first point of medical contact for ill returning travellers, and nonspecific symptoms such as…
Despite an improved understanding of serious injury and illness during travel, accidents, near accidents, and maladies continue to befall tourists.…
While ultimately tourists themselves are responsible for their own health (the biopsychosocial view — Sarafino, 1998), local communities (including the…
Introduction There has been an increasing trend for people to travel internationally (Behrens, 1990). Ease of air transportation has ensured…
The bewitching azure waters of the Mediterranean and the splendid south coastlines from France to Monaco draw those longing for…
For much of the twentieth century, remote and environmentally challenging locations catered to only small numbers of dedicated participants in…
Travel advisories have assumed great importance in endeavouring to secure the safety and security of travellers (see Chapter 21). National…