They Will Pay You to Travel – SBTG Travel Club

Travelers eager to take advantage of easing travel restrictions will have help this summer in the form of incentives and assurances from destinations around the world hoping to jump-start their tourist-reliant economies.

As lockdowns and stay-at-home orders expire globally, establishments have begun to open up cautiously with social distancing in mind. But a few countries and tourist-heavy destinations have laid out plans to entice travelers to visit, even as health officials still advise against it.

Free flights to Las Vegas

The Garden of the Gods pool at Las Vegas’s Caesars Palace in May 2019. (Mikayla Whitmore for The Washington Post)

In Las Vegas, a hotel CEO and developer announced a giveaway of 1,000 free flights to the gambling capital as the city eyes reopening in early June. Derek Stevens, who owns two hotel-casinos, the D Las Vegas and the Golden Gate, wrote that the promotion was intended to help stimulate tourism and to remind travelers of the fun they could have in the city.

“As we begin to reopen our doors across the city, we are proud to help reinvigorate travel to Las Vegas while supporting airlines in America impacted by the COVID-19 crisis,” Stevens said in the announcement. “We can’t wait to safely bring visitors to the city and remind them why we’ve earned the title of ‘Entertainment Capital of the World.’ And while we’d love for visitors to stop by Downtown Las Vegas, we primarily want to get people back to Las Vegas to experience the attractions and amenities that make it one of the greatest places on Earth.”

Costs covered in Cyprus — if you get covid-19

Makronissos Beach in Cyprus’s seaside resort town of Ayia Napa on May 17. (Petros Karadjias/AP)

In the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, government leaders have pledged to cover all costs for any traveler who tests positive for the coronavirus while on vacation, according to the Associated Press. In a letter sent out to governments, airlines and tour operators, Cypriot officials said they would cover “lodging, food, drink and medication for covid-19 patients and their families” while on the island.

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