Canary Islands reopen to tourism (and they may not be the only ones)
The travel industry is seeing some tentative signs of recovery. Airlines, tour operators and entire countries are working [...]
The travel industry is seeing some tentative signs of recovery. Airlines, tour operators, and entire countries are working to ensure that all Covid free vacations (And to avoid defeat).
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As early as last November, Neos launched the first international Covid free Milan-Nanjing flight. But many are the safe openings that have been launched these days, or at least put on the agenda.
For example, March 27 will reopen the Canary Islands. Or rather, the Canary Islands (like all of Spain) can be reached even today by those who are not in the yellow zone. But, on return, fiduciary isolation is a must unless you perform at your own expense a molecular or antigenic test, carried out by swab and tested negative, within 48 hours prior to entering Italian territory.
Safe vacations in the Canary Islands, here's how
Travel agents and tour operators, after a 2020 of closures and refunds only, are looking to the summer of 2021 as the season of restart (although vaccinating the world's population by that date is next to impossible). Alpitour, for example, announced the reopening of the Canary Islands: from March 27, Fuerteventura e Tenerife Will return to welcome tourists.
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Why do we talk about Covid free vacation, or safe vacation? Because before leaving, travelers will have to undergo the following swab (at subsidized rates). And, before returning, the tour operator itself will take care of an additional swab (which will be carried out within the resort). Should such a protocol work, the Alpitour Group also plans to offer it for the Red Sea, Mexico, Zanzibar, Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, and the Maldives.
But Alpitour is not the only group offering safe vacations in the Canary Islands. Veratour, starting next April 3, will bring tourists back to the Spanish archipelago. Neos flights will leave every Saturday from Milan and Verona, and the buffer will be double again: one must be made no more than 72 hours before departure, the other starting 48 hours before the return flight. Those who choose to depart between April 3 and 29 free of charge, Will be reimbursed for the cost of swabs to return to Italy. Two resorts where staying will be possible: the Veraclub Tindaya in Fuerteventura and the Veraresort Gala in Tenerife.
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The idea of Greece
A similar idea is pursued by the Greece, which had reassured tourists in recent weeks: no vaccine requirement for one's vacation on Hellenic soil. Now, however, the government would be working on an additional solution to ensure safe vacations: Vaccinate smaller islands less affected by Coronavirus, so as to create "free zones." Especially since, Covid-free islands already exist: Meganisi, Kalamos and Kastos on the Ionian Sea have been vaccinated in full, and so too Ikaria in the Aegean. We are talking about very small islands indeed, with only a few dozen inhabitants and a small bed capacity.
How are vaccinations progressing in Greece? The percentage of the population vaccinated is 5%. The entire health workforce has been vaccinated, and serum is now being administered to the over-80s while scheduling appointments for the over-60s.
If the Greek model works, several other countries may adopt it to jumpstart tourism. But it is to be expected that the creation of safe corridors, modeled after the Canary Islands, will be the near future in travel.
