The Shameful Cost of Holiday Illness | Political Lobbying | HolidayTravelWatch
This major article first appeared within our own Travel-Zine – Get’Away – Your Route to Travel Rights. It attempts to calculate the cost of returning holiday illness to the holidaymaker, the NHS and British Industry. It was discovered that the cost to the Nation could be as high as £222m. The annual personal cost to holidaymakers on their return is calculated at £12.5m and the annual cost to the NHS is estimated at £25m.
In the article we question the extent and effectiveness of health & safety audits carried out by tour operators and hotels. We point to the so called practice of sustainable tourism, trumpeted by the industry and ask, what next, given the now perilous state of travel consumer protection and the rush by the travel industry to abidicate from their current responsibilities? – The Shameful Cost of Holiday Illness – 26.10.06.pdf
Tags: holiday complaints, holiday food poisoning, Holiday Illness Costs, Travel Industry Political Lobbying
HTW has noted that amongst the submissions to the Committee on Toxicity (COT) it has been suggested that the symptoms highlighted by crew and passengers were akin to the condition of hyperventilation.
HTW has for many years received reports from concerned holiday makers or independent travellers as to the safety of their aircraft, ship or boat, train or road transport.
