Why Do People Travel Abroad?
There are many different reasons for travelling abroad; here is a list of types of travellers: • Short-stay travellers, including business travellers, politicians and airline crew • Package holidaymakers • Adventure or expedition tourists including backpackers and around the world travellers • Expatriates including embassy and government employees, missionaries, aid-workers and business people • Occupational travellers including healthcare workers, aid-workers, missionaries and military staff • UK citizens returning to their native country These groups of travellers are exposed to a variety of different health risks, depending upon the purpose of their travel, their destination and the activities that they undertake while abroad. The risk of ill health while travelling is not only due to problems that may occur at the final destination. People can become unwell on the outward journey, either because of a condition that they already have or because they develop an illness while travelli
