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National Day is celebrated on the 1st of October every year in China. Traditionally, the holiday is attached to the weekend before and after to create a week-long holiday for rest or travel. The Paper reports that China’s outbound travel will increase 11% this year accounting for nearly 4,000,000 passengers.
With China’s strong economy, many Chinese are deciding to plan vacations abroad instead of just using this year’s Golden Week to visit family members in other parts of mainland China. Chinese tourists will look to travel to Europe in order to take advantage of the weaker Euro, as well as the United States, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and more. A surge in visitors from China is expected at major landmarks, national parks, theme parks, and other tourist attractions this week.
With such a large number of travelers, you can be certain that many of them are unaware they need international medical insurance. These uninsured travelers can leave other countries with the unpaid medical bills if they decide not to pay for unexpected medical treatment. As stated by the International Medical Travel Journal, the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan implemented mandatory visitor medical insurance for mainland travelers entering Taiwan to cover unexpected illness, injuries or death after reportedly assuming a total of about $4 million unpaid medical expenses in 2014.
We are seeing a trend in countries requiring international travelers to have travel health insurance to avoid costly unpaid medical bills. For more information on how to obtain the appropriate international medical insurance plan, visit TravelersAlly for plan options.
