{"id":2863,"date":"2021-05-31T03:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:53:53","slug":"vaccine-tourism-a-way-to-increase-tourists-visits-and-make-the-economy-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/2021\/05\/31\/vaccine-tourism-a-way-to-increase-tourists-visits-and-make-the-economy-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine Tourism, a Way to Increase Tourists Visits and Make the Economy Take Off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While domestic tourism has found a boost from the\nvacation segment in all countries, the recovery of international travelers for\nmany travel agencies and tour operators began to take off with the vaccine\ntourism in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immediate Benefits for the Tourist and the\nDestination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the United States took the first step for this\ntype of tourism, it was closely followed by Cuba, Dubai, Maldives, Russia and\nSerbia. An example of the scope of this new tourism proposal is that Visitors\nwho go to New York City, besides visiting iconic sites, will also go to health\ncenters where they are given the Johnson &amp; Johnson brand vaccine, which is\na single dose. For this reason they have placed mobile health posts for\ntourists, the Mayor of this city believes that the easier it is for a visitor to\nget a vaccine, the more they will enjoy their stay, helping the economy to\nrecover faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the attractive and easy to get vaccinated,\nthe benefits are not long in coming, such as the promotion of the American\nMuseum of Natural History that offers four free tickets to tourists who get\nvaccinated at its facilities. Also, other restaurants and businesses in New\nYork will give discounts to those who get vaccinated against Covid-19 instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<strong>In Latin America and Panama is Not a Trend Yet <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/travel-5219496_1920_opt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Latin America,&nbsp;\nhas not yet been able to develop large-scale medical tourism focused on\nvaccination, due to the logistical and cost complexities in the supply of\nvaccines depending on the country. However, countries such as Colombia, Mexico\nand Argentina have doubled the prices of tickets and promoting family packages\nin travel agencies that include immunization, roundtrip flights, accommodation,\ncar rental and even travel insurance, starting at&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;$1,000.00, depending on the destination. In\nPanama, the departure of travelers to have access to vaccination also happens,\nalthough on a smaller scale compared to neighboring countries. In our country,\nvaccine tourism is not aligned with the National Vaccination Strategy that\nseeks to protect the Panamanian population first. Of course, the authorities\nindicate that once the general population is vaccinated, foreign Visitors may\ncome to our country to get vaccinated and go sightseeing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While domestic tourism has found a boost from the vacation segment in all countries, the recovery of international travelers for many travel agencies and tour operators began to take off with the vaccine tourism in the United States. Immediate Benefits for the Tourist and the Destination Once the United States took the first step for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3629,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/3629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}