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The Maldives has launched a new tourism campaign, called ‘3V,’ for ‘Visit, Vaccinate, Vacation,’ offering visitors a chance to get vaccinated while on holiday. There s just one problem–how will they get enough vaccine?
Express News Service
Vijayan Menon’s travel agent in Bengaluru got a surprising request from the IT specialist. Menon wanted to know whether he could pack his bags to take a flight to Russia. India and Russia have created an air bubble arrangement that allows travel between the two countries. Menon wants to spend 22 days soaking it up in a luxury spa in Russia, far away from the fast-mutating coronavirus. And not just to enjoy the steam and caviar, but also get a Sputnik V shot at the spa. Yes, you heard that right.
Vaccine tourism is the new travel trend, where a tourist can combine a luxury holiday and get a jab at the same time. Countries like India and Thailand are common destinations for medical or cosmetic surgery, but the pandemic is responsible for the emergence of a new kind of tourism. European tour operators are offering vaccine trips to Russia.
OPINION: Vaccine on arrival: A new form of health tourism SA will miss out on
OPINION
The outbreak of COVID-19 across the world brought the travel-intensive tourism industry to a complete standstill. The pre-pandemic period was characterised by too many tourists, leading to fears of over-tourism in many destinations. The outbreak of the pandemic changed this and our lives forever.
The declaration of lockdowns reduced movement and had a bad impact on tourism consumption - a service that must be simultaneously produced and consumed. Members of the tourism value chain could therefore not produce services and were unable to earn an income from sales. Tourism recovery was the top agenda in the industry as sales declined by nearly 80% due to the pandemic.