This volume seeks to review and stimulate interest in emerging and fresh topics in
contemporary tourist behaviour and experience. Topics explored include the effects of …

The pretravel consultation is intended to educate, motivate, and equip travelers to respond
to the health risks posed by their trips. Despite the ready availability of travel health advice …

Objective. To identify the theoretical conceptions of health education (HE) reported by recent
scientific literature. Methodology. Systematic review without meta-analysis of the scientific …

Background: Travel health advice is an important and difficult part of a pre-travel
consultation. The aim of this study was to determine whether the travel health advice given is …

International tourist travel has increased steadily over recent decades. Newer aeroplanes
with greater seating capacity and larger cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers …

Background An important role of pre‐travel consultations is to improve travelers'
understanding of travel‐related diseases, but the efficacy of education provided is unknown …

Background It is not clearly known how frequently the recommendations given to travelers
are followed, and what factors could encourage compliance with these recommended …

Background: Recommendations for improving traveler adherence address both the content
of the advice given and the structure of the consultation. The objective of this article is to …

Purpose: Despite established knowledge that tourists often fall ill or are injured abroad, little
is known about their treatment. The intent of this study was to explore health care …

Providing advice for travelers embarking on long-term trips poses a challenge in travel
medicine. A long duration of risk exposure is associated with underuse of protective …