According to International SOS, there was a 16% increase in security and medical alerts from January to November 2023 compared to the previous year.
This surge not only highlights growing risks but also highlights the increasing importance of gathering sensitive traveller information.
Dr Chris van Straten, a global health adviser, emphasised these rising threats and said that climate change was not only affecting weather patterns but also increasing health risks.
For instance, warmer and wetter conditions in winter are intensifying malaria risks in Africa, and dengue fever in Asia and even Europe . Emerging diseases like mpox also pose new challenges for travellers, said Van Straten.
According to Bonnie Smith, general manager of Corporate Traveller, as these risks continue to evolve and escalate, understanding individual traveller profiles and vulnerabilities has become more critical.
