7 Traveling Activities That Instead Affect Your Health, Check these out!

TRIBUNBATAM.id - Traveling is something healthy. Therefore, after a vacation trip to a place, it should be more happy and healthier.

However, if you go home sick, there could be something wrong when traveling. 

Reporting from the Smarter Travel page, there are some common things that travelers often do and inadvertently affect their health.

Here are seven common mistakes that travelers make: 

1. Barefoot when crossing airport security 

In order to maintain security, airport officials usually ask passengers to take off their footwear. When shoes enter the x-ray machine, passengers walk barefoot at the airport.

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Think about it, you are barefoot stepping on the floor that someone else stepped on with footwear. You don't know what they stepped on and brought to the airport. 

Therefore, make sure to wash your feet after walking barefoot.

Reported by the WebMD website, according to foot specialist Kathleen M. Stone, the only way to counteract the fact that you are walking on a dirty floor is to wear socks. 

2. Not sanitary after using the X-ray box

The airport requires all passenger luggage to enter the X-ray machine. Not infrequently, small items such as watches will go into a box provided by the airport.

But, have you ever thought how many people are holding the box?

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Imagine a variety of germs stuck to the box. The box is like a hotspot for various kinds of germs from dozens of other passengers' hands. 

3. Drink from a drinking fountain

Many travel tips suggest bringing refillable water bottles and using public water sources to save costs. But this method can endanger your health.