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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), accidents are the most common non-natural cause of death and injury for travellers [1]. Within the European Union (EU), tourists are 15 times more at risk of injury than local residents [2], and US tourists are ten times more likely to die as a result of an injury (23 %) than from infectious disease (2 %) [3]. Drowning has a very high death rate while those who survive drowning may suffer neurologic or respiratory complication or disabilities of varying magnitudes [4].

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Navarra, A., Connolly, J. (2014). Recreation and Tourism. In: Bierens, J. (eds) Drowning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04253-9_34

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