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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Western Australians traveling overseas has risen since 2003, underpinned by a booming local economy and a favorable exchange rate for travelers. For example:
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Holiday travel has increased substantially to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in particular, caused by a drop in travel to Indonesia after the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005. That said, Western Australians are twice as likely to travel to Thailand and Indonesia than other Australians.
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Visiting friends and relatives in the UK and Zealand is at a ten year high.
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Business travel has been brisk in China, India and United Arab Emirates
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Education travel has risen sharply since 2003 with more students departing to Singapore and New Zealand
Depending on what your destination is, your risk of acquiring HIV or a sexually transmissible infection varies according to local epidemics and health services.
The following information provides an important guide to avoiding HIV and STIs when traveling. For country specific information please visit Marie Stopes or UNAIDS.
Choose your destination or scroll down to see all: Asia | Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific | Caribbean | Eastern Europe & Central Asia | Middle East & North Africa | North America & Western Europe | South America | Sub Saharan Africa
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Latest estimates show some 8.3 million people (2 million adult women) were living with HIV in 2005. Risky behaviour—injecting drug use and unprotected sex (much of it commercial) continues to sustain serious AIDS epidemics in Asia.
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Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (Oceania) |
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An estimated 75,000 people are currently living with HIV in Oceania in 2007. Over 70% of the total number of people living with HIV are in Papua New Guinea, where the epidemic is still expanding, although at slightly lower levels than previously believed. HIV infections have now been reported in every country or territory in Oceania, barring Niue and Tokelau.
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The Caribbean is the remains the second most affected region in the world after sub-Saharan Africa. Some 230,000 people were living with HIV in 2007. HIV prevalence is highest in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which together account for nearly three quarters all people living with HIV in the Caribbean.
AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death in the Caribbean among people aged 25 to 44 years. The main mode of HIV transmission in this region is unprotected heterosexual intercourse. |
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Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
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The number of people living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia rose in 2007 to an estimated 1.6 million, with an estimated 150,000 new HIV infections. Some 55,000 people died of AIDS related illnesses in the region in 2007.
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Middle East & North Africa |
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An estimated 35,000 people in the region acquired HIV in 2007, bringing to 380,000 the total number of people living with HIV.
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North America & Western Europe |
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Overall, approximately 2.1 million people in North America and Western and Central Europe were living with HIV in 2007, including the 78,000 who acquired HIV in the past year.
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The estimated number of new HIV infections in Latin America in 2007 was 100,000, bringing to 1.6 million the total number of people living with HIV in this region. At least a quarter of HIV infections in Latin America are related to men having sex with men, but social taboos have inhibited efforts to promote safer sexual relations. HIV transmission continues to occur among populations at higher risk of exposure, including sex workers and men who have sex with men. |
South Africa is the country in the world with the most HIV infections.
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