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Mauritius Reopens Borders to Vaccinated Tourists After 16 Months
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1:54Now PlayingMauritius, a tourism-dependent economy, will reopen its borders on Thursday to vaccinated tourists after being closed for 16 months.
The reopening is part of a two-phase strategy to attract tourists to the Indian Ocean island economy whose recovery hinges on a revival in the industry. A move familiar to other travel-reliant countries facing the unenviable task of rescuing crucial tourism industries decimated by the pandemic while guarding against the risk that an influx of international travelers could inflame the spread of the virus.
In the first phase inoculated visitors that have a negative PCR test result on arrival will remain in their resort for 14 days. Thereafter, following another test, they will be able to move around the country. From Oct. 1, once the country has achieved herd immunity, no movement restrictions will be imposed on vaccinated visitors.
“It’s a timely opening,” Nilen Vencadasmy, chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, said in an interview in the capital, Port-Louis on Tuesday. The government aims to achieve herd immunity of 60% of the population as soon as possible, he said.
As of Monday, 31.3% of the population of about 1.3 million people were fully inoculated and the country is set to reach 60% before September, according to Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal.
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