The Maldives has announced a plan to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to tourists.
The Indian Ocean island nation has been open to tourists, no vaccine or quarantine required, since July.
It is not the only country discussing and implementing various measures to jumpstart tourism.
The Maldives is taking its pandemic-era tourism success story to a new level: The Indian Ocean island nation announced plans to start offering the coronavirus vaccine to tourists, CNBC reported.
The plan won t start immediately. Under the proposal, vaccines will only be offered to tourists once the country s entire population of 530,000 is vaccinated. As of April 20, 6.8% of the country s population is fully vaccinated, per The New York Times COVID vaccination tracker. A total of 313,363 doses have been administered in the island nation, or 61 doses per 100 people.
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