This Mediterranean island pays travelers for vacation.
Malta, the island in the Mediterranean just south of Sicily, will pay travelers who book a five-star hotel for more than $ 100 per booking – an incentive to holiday in style and contribute to the hospitality economy after COVID 19 exclusions, according to the tourism authority.
Malta, the island in the Mediterranean just south of Sicily, pays travelers who book a five-star hotel for more than $ 100 per booking. (iStock)
Guests booking hotel accommodation at a lower level will also be able to pay in, according to the Malta Tourism Authority. A four-star hotel reservation gets back about $ 90; and a three-star hotel reservation will pay about $ 60. However, five-star accommodation will pay back the most, with guests returning close to $ 119.
And if that’s not enough of a financial incentive to consider the trip, hotels that fall into each category say they’ll double the amount, which means that if a guest booked a room in a five-star hotel, they return close According to Reuters, they say $ 238 for a three-night stay.
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A number of European travel destinations offered promotions during the pandemic to attract guests and advance local economies to COVID-19-related closures. The Italian village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio offered in October to pay up to $ 52,022 to attract younger residents to the Abruzzo region of southern Italy, giving them access to a three-year monthly allowance, and a payment of about $ 23,710 to a business in the village.
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And in January, the historic Sicilian village of Tronia encouraged buyers to get paid to live there by auctioning off homes for $ 1 online, according to the city’s tourism website.
While more tourist-driven destinations promote travel with the widespread distribution of vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still insists on traveling to Malta, citing a ‘very high level of COVID-19’ on its website.