2019 interactive Travel Risk Map launched
Global risk experts International SOS and Control Risks have launched their 2019 Travel Risk Map, revealing the latest medical and security risk ratings of destinations worldwide.
Alongside the interactive map, the companies have also unveiled their Business Resilience Trends Watch 2019, compiled through research undertaken by Ipsos MORI.
The research reveals a significant number of business decision-makers expect travel risks to rise next year, but the number has decreased year-on-year for the past three years.
Fewer than half (43%) expect travel risks to increase in 2019. This is down from the 52% predicting risk increase in 2018 and 57% in 2017.
Forty-five percent say that risks have stayed the same over the last year (2018), an increase of 14 percentage points from last year (31%) and up from 24% the year before.
Slightly more (47%) say travel risks have increased over the past year, a drop of 16 percentage points from last year. The figure is down from 63% from last year and 72% the year before.
The survey finds that travel policies are not keeping up with the changing needs of a modern workforce, with only a third (33%) of organisations covering cyber security in their travel policy.
Just over a quarter (26%) cover considerations for female travellers; 18% cover bleisuretravel and 14% shared economy services.
Considerations for travellers with disabilities or mental health issues are covered by 10% and 11% of travel policies respectively. Considerations for LGBTQ travellers are covered by just 9% of travel policies.
View the interactive map here.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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