Bed Bugs, the Last Thing Travelers Want to See in a Hotel Room, but Most People Can’t Identify Them.
Bed Bugs, the Last Thing Travelers Want to See in a Hotel Room, but Most People Can’t Identify Them.
According to an article in Entomology Today, most business and leisure travelers in the USA can’t identify a bed bug, even though the tiny pest evokes a stronger response in hotel guests than any other potential room issue putting the hospitality industry in a difficult spot.
In a recent survey of USA travelers conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky, 60 percent of travelers said they would switch hotels if they found evidence of bed bugs in a guest room. However, no more than a quarter of respondents said they would switch hotels for factors such as signs of smoking or dirty towels or linens. In the same survey, just 35 percent of business travelers and 28 percent of leisure travelers correctly identified a bed bug in a lineup of other common insects. The results of the research are published today in American Entomologist, the quarterly magazine of the Entomological Society of America. A link is provided at the end of this article.
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