Forbes' index ranked destinations according to the risk of catching a travel bug. Photo / 123rf
Catching a bug and falling ill is never a positive experience but it’s particularly terrible when you’re on a long-awaited holiday.
Few things are worse than spending precious time, money and work leave to go on holiday and then be stuck in a hotel room (or bathroom) with
a travel bug.
Fortunately, there are precautions you can take and thanks to the Forbes Advisor Travel Bug Index, travellers can see what destinations they should be extra wary in. Forbes created the list of 25 global destinations by sifting through 2.4 million Tripadvisor reviews which included phrases including “food poisoning”, “e-coli”, “gastroenteritis” and “salmonella”.
The most popular holiday destinations were then selected and cross-referenced against other relevant data including whether the NHS recommended vaccinations or boosters for malaria and if travellers are advised to avoid tap water by the Centres For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US.
Destinations were then given a “Travel Bug Index Score” out of 100 and ranked from highest risk to lowest.
