1MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. MSc in Medicine – Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP). PhD in Medicine – Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, FMUSP. Fellow American College of Physicians, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospital Israelit...

One of the basic goals of tourism demand modelling is to estimate income and/or price elasticities, which can then be used in developing better informed public and private policies. The focus of econometric studies is to determine the extent to which the data support a particular theory. In reviews of empirical studies on international tourism demand and its determinants, Lim (1999, 2006) argue...

The purpose of this study is to understand and analyze the impacts of visitor background variable, travel fair attraction, experience, and satisfaction on visitor loyalty at the Taipei International Travel Fair. Subjects were visitors who attended the 2010 Taipei International Travel Fair. Convenience sampling was conducted at the fair exit. A total of 150 surveys were performed each day. Out o...

Highly mobile people (HMPs), such as international executives, airline crew, international sportspersons and independent travellers require flexible, reactive service delivery due to their regularly changing location and activities and the lack of a wired network connection. A mobile service delivery system should be able to detect relevant travel-related events such as change of location, avai...

zika virus infection has become a worldwide public health problem that needs everyone’s attention. this dengue-like illness is classified as an arboviral infection and has already been seen in several countries around the world. apart from simple transmission by mosquito, the disease is reported to be transmittable through sexual contact and blood transfusion. in travel medicine, the importatio...

The number of individuals traveling abroad is increasing annually. The rising popularity of medical travel and the absence of clear minimum quality requirements in this area urgently call for the development of international standards to ensure good practice and patient safety. The aim of this study is to identify the key domains in medical travel where quality standards should be established. ...