With the advancement of modern world, new microbial resistant bacteria and viruses are emerging that are resistant to human immune system, hence it can effect human body in severe way. These days travel health is given maximum importance by the government and health advisory committees since travelers are prawn more to these germs that include both bacteria and viruses and other micro-organisms.

With each passing year, travel and tourism is increasing and many travelers get sick while they are on long journeys. In these cases, when you are on a long travel into the mountains or forests and you unfortunately get ill, the medical help will take so time to get to you. Hence proper know how of medication and first aid kits is necessary to be in your backpack while you are on a tour.

Proactive approach towards travelling:

Sometime it is advisable to predict and foresee the danger of illness or getting sick, before it actually arrives. This can be done in a number of ways to help you protect yourself from future discomforts. Some of the pro-active measures are discussed below.

1. Vaccination before travelling:

Vaccination of following diseases is must before you are on the go towards hilly areas. Since the risk of you being caught up by any of these diseases is much more in dense forest areas and hills. Main diseases include but are not limited to followings

• Cholera
• Hepatitis A
• Japanese encephalitis
• Meningococcal disease
• Rabies
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Typhoid fever
• Yellow fever

2. Selection of season of travel:

It is important to select proper season to travel. If you are going towards mountains and hills in raining season, you could easily end up in a number of diseases since germs like bacteria and other micro-organisms evolve very frequently in rainy seasons.

3. Travel duration and places:

Some places are known for special type of micro-organisms or allergic reactions. One of the most common allergy is pollen allergy that is due to pollen grains that are spread by trees in hilly areas. If you are prawn to such allergy, it is advisable to select the area and time when this problem will be minimum.

4. Food and cloth hygiene:

It is often said that we are a result of what we eat. Hence we must eat proper food and balanced diet. Proper hygiene related to food and cloth must be maintained to avoid most of the diseases.

5. Standards of accommodation:

Accommodation related directly to human health. When travelers use to go on long journeys, they use portable tents and mattress that are inflatable and easy to be carried in their backpack. Hence the material of these sleeping bags and tents must be neat and clean and washable to avoid any germs.

Conclusion:

Whenever you plan to go on a long tour, you must follow the health advisory and take important steps to ensure your health on the go. Tours and journeys can only be enjoyable when you have no stress of getting ill on the way.