How can we travel after the COVID-19 pandemic?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14267/TURBULL.2021v21n1.5Keywords:
COVID-19, pretravel counseling, vaccination, air travel, travel insuranceAbstract
International travel will resume in parallel to the decline of COVID-19 pandemic. However, neither travel practices nor travellers’ attitudes will be the same as before. Travel safety is in the common interest of both travellers and of the actors in the travel business, and so the prevention of travel-related illnesses and communicable diseases is of fundamental importance. The only way to manage this is appropriate pre-travel advice for travellers. Withh the help of pre-travel counselling, the majority of medical problems could be prevented. The post-covid way of pre-travel advice must include the prevention of COVID infection, as well as other safety measures. At the same time, the task of ensuring safe travel is not exclusively medical business. All safety and preventive measures must be known and must be implemented by all participants in the travel business. This article offers a brief summary of these issues.
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