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We have become accustomed to holidaying wherever and whenever we like thanks to low-cost modern-day transport links. More and more planes are flying out of UK airports like Gatwick and Heathrow destined for locations all over the world, whilst the Eurotunnel allows us to get to the continent in little more than half an hour.
Now we can travel more easily and cheaply, it allows us to choose from a much greater variety of locations for both weekends away and longer holidays. We can go almost anywhere in the world, whether it is the deep jungle of the Amazon, the busy streets of New York or a little town buried in the Australian outback. The world is our oyster, as they say.
With these kinds of options available to us at lower prices, people are starting to get more adventurous with their travel plans. Whilst sunbathing on a hot Spanish or Greek beach is still an attractive proposition for many, more UK holidaymakers are choosing to spend their precious week away in a more adventurous destination.
Going on holiday to unusual places isn't a completely new idea, but it has become more doable for the masses thanks to the lower cost of travel. It is now such a mainstream concept that many of us won't even bat an eyelid at the thought of visiting some of the most remote places in the world.
What many people fail to realise, however, is that these exciting, adventurous locations also come with an element of risk. Their very nature makes them more risky than the warm Spanish beaches to which they are an alternative. Wherever you have risk, you also get holiday accidents, which could mean a sudden, unpleasant end to an enjoyable vacation.
Unfortunately, the relative ease with which people can get to remote locations means that many do not appreciate the dangers that these environments may hold and the fact that their risk of suffering some personal injury is somewhat inflated. The recent case of the Explorer, a cruise ship which sank in the waters off Antarctica after hitting an iceberg, is testament to this.
Whilst there were no fatalities thanks to an effective evacuation procedure and the fortune of another cruise ship being nearby, it could easily have been a very different story. However, if there had been any injuries or deaths, it is likely that at least some of the people on board would have looked for personal injury compensation from the tour operator. Whilst understandable, would this be the right course of action?
Going to the Antarctic, to the farthest reaches of the Earth where only explorers dared go for so many years, is obviously going to be dangerous. Pretty much everyone can appreciate what a single collision with an iceberg can do and the weather around the Antarctic channels is notoriously bad. However, there is no lack of holidaymakers looking to expand their experiences by taking a cruise around these icy waters.
Given these dangers, it seems sensible that these tourists should acknowledge the danger they are willingly walking into and take responsibility for the consequences of any holiday accidents that do occur.
However, it is important to also consider the role of the tour operators who run the Antarctic cruise ships. They would not be allowed to take to these waters if it were not safe to do so and the sinking of the Explorer was the first capsize of any cruise ship in this area since the practice began in 1969.
Considering this good safety record, if a holiday accident does occur in the Antarctic, it is likely that it is down to the practices of that cruise ship rather than the dangers which come with the environment. If this occurs, it makes sense for tourists to be able to claim holiday accident compensation for their personal injuries.
The circumstances in which a holidaymaker is injured will always vary between accidents and undoubtedly some will put the blame at the door of the tour operator and some will reveal the tourist to have been responsible for their own injuries. Given this, it is difficult to give a definitive answer to the question of where responsibility should lie for accidents which occur in remote or adventurous locations.
However, what is certain is that both the tourist and the tour operator should take all the precautions they can to avoid holiday accidents. Help, like the nearby cruise ship, will not always be around in far-flung places.
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