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New York, ils sont ainsi nombreux, principalement d’Amérique du Sud, à venir le temps de quelques jours de vacances recevoir une dose. ">
Some American cities are banking on easy access to the vaccine to attract tourists again. In New York, many people, mainly from South America, come for a few days of vacation to receive a dose.
In the lobby of Grand Central Station, Diego and Catalina line up in front of the vaccination site set up by New York City. These two Colombians arrived directly from Bogota, especially for the vaccine. ” We wanted to get vaccinated quickly. So it was easier to come and do it in New York », Explains the young woman at the microphone of Loubna Anaki, our correspondent. ” Yes for young people, it is easier to come to the United States. In Colombia, we may have to wait until 2022 », Adds his companion. In Colombia, according to some sources, the pandemic has plunged 42% of the population into poverty.
Like Diego and Catalina, more and more South Americans who can afford it are choosing this option to get vaccinated more quickly and hope to resume a normal life.
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Dani O’Farrill, she came with her friends from Mexico. ” Getting vaccinated in Mexico right now is very complicated. I am so relieved because now I can see my grandmother, hug her. It’s too good ! Already in the spring, the southern states of the United States such as Texas, Nevada, Florida, had opened vaccination to all, without any restrictions, and wealthy Mexicans had taken advantage of it.
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No more than 10 million tourists this summer
A vaccine tourism that New York does not hesitate to encourage by even using it as an argument on social networks. The city recently released a video with the slogan: ” Welcome to New York, your vaccine awaits. »
As with the locals, the vaccine is free for tourists. A way for the “big apple” to revive a tourism sector severely affected by the pandemic.
In 2019, New York had attracted more than 66 million visitors. They should not be more than 10 million this summer, according to city hall estimates.
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