Vector‐borne diseases

Tourism and Health, Risks, and Challenges

“…Travelers are also at risk of being evacuated from their destination, for example, in serious cases of dengue fever (Wilder-Smith 2015). Tourists may experience increased risks due to factors such as seasonality, duration of trip, and the nature of the tourism activities they are undertaking (ibid.).…”

“…In addition to quite well-known travel health risks such as malaria and yellow fever that tourists are often advised about as part of their advance travel preparations, there are also less common diseases such as Japanese encephalitis which is also transmitted by mosquitos and can cause long-term neurologic and psychiatric conditions (Wilder-Smith 2015). Although it is considered a rare problem for travelers, the disease has spread to Australia and is increasingly found in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar (ibid.…”