Andalusia offers tourists Covid insurance, and Veneto wants to imitate it

For months now, the only goal of the government and regions has been to ensure a safe summer 2021, a way to allow activities to re-launch after the long period of closure. More and more proposals are being made to enable travel and open up territories to tourists. The latest is from the Veneto that is planning to offer Covid insurance. To those who would like to visit the region.

Speaking about it is Federico Caner, Veneto's regional councillor for tourism, who did not go into details about the project. He explained, however, that it is A major initiative in insurance for all tourists who will be in the area. Formality will come in the coming days with an ad hoc event, but the intention is clear: "We are thinking of something similar to what is planned in some areas of Spain, in Andalusia in particular," he said.

A project that is part of a broader strategy hinted at by the alderman himself, "We are putting in place a series of tools, some regional and others I have asked Minister Garavaglia at the national level, to secure the territory and communicate abroad that we are a safe destination. Nothing more and nothing less than what some European countries are doing, such as the Greece or indeed the Spain, but to do that you have to put some initiatives in place." But what was decided in Andalusia? What is the project that inspired the Veneto?

The seguro turistico introduced in Andalusia

In Andalusia, the "seguro turístico" which encapsulates a number of key interventions to support tourists who should contract Covid-19 right while on vacation there. The government of the Spanish autonomous region "makes available to all international nonresident travelers free insurance with Covid-19 coverage for stays in any type of regulated facility in Andalusia between January 1 and December 31, 2021." The project provides insurance coverage, guaranteed protection for all pharmaceutical and medical expenses and fees.

Coverage is provided for both the tourist who should contract Covid and For family members, partners, parents or children, grandparents or grandchildren. Also covered are transportation expenses from the place of initial diagnosis to the hospital center indicated by the attending physician. There is no shortage of those related to the return to the place of vacation from the facility where he or she was hospitalized. Repatriation by medical plane also planned Should urgency or severity require it. Transfer or repatriation is also guaranteed to the person accompanying the patient on the trip. If the traveling companion is a minor or handicapped person, coverage provides for a companion to be made available to him or her.

In case of positivity but asymptomatic, the costs for the extension of stay in the hotel in which one is housed will be covered by insurance. But this also applies in the case of being hospitalized and then discharged with a quarantine requirement. The plan also takes into account the complexity of the situation and possible tragic scenarios. In fact, provision is made for coverage of all procedures to be carried out in case of death of the tourist.

The Veneto project

To date, the details of the project of the Veneto Region, but the insurance contract may have some similar features. According to Caner, the insurance coverage will be designed as an additional tool to "important safety protocols and mass vaccination." In addition, according to the regional councilor, by June all Venetians will have received the first scheduled dose of vaccine.

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