- The Maldives is setting itself up as a vaccine tourism destination.
- As soon as its own population is vaccinated, the island nation will offer vaccines on arrival, its tourism minister says.
- There is no firm date, but the islands plan to have many of its tourist facilities open in July and August – on top of those already fully functioning.
- South Africans who want to be vaccine tourists can get there, via a 16-hour one-stop set of flights, for about R16,000 per person.
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The Maldives island chain is setting itself up as a vaccine tourism destination – and South Africans can get there for about R16,000 per person, not counting the island holiday required to complete a two-dose vaccination spread over at least two weeks.
The “vaccine on arrival” scheme was revealed by the country’s tourism minister last week. With a relatively small population, its vaccine supplies donated…