The Shameful Cost of Holiday Illness | Political Lobbying | HolidayTravelWatch
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010This 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. Read More




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.

