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These are the countries looking to subsidize holidays after COVID-19
Jun 4, 2020
Some countries are planning to revive tourism by subsidizing holidaymakers. Mexico’s hotels are providing free nights and car hire. Plans in development in Japan include incentivizing domestic tourism with cheap travel and discounts. A proposal in Switzerland could give every citizen $200 to spend on holidays at home.
Looking for a good-value break after weeks or even months in lockdown? This might be the news you’ve been waiting for – around the world, some governments hope to subsidize people’s holidays to revive tourism. (Some plans are already in place while other proposals are in development.)
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To boost travel, the Italian island of Sicily can draw on an $84 million fund to grow tourism after lockdown. Reported plans include buying promotional vouchers and cards for tourists to use “once the health emergency has ceased”.
It has also been reported the island will offer tourists half-price flights and pay for one of every three nights in a hotel .
Italy has been among the nations worst hit by coronavirus and the closure of its tourism sector – which normally contributes 13% of GDP – due to travel bans and lockdown measures is reported to have cost the country $1.1 billion in March and April alone.
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