Highlight:
- Montserrat is only open to travelers who can afford to stay on the island for at least two months.
- Since April, only 21 people from seven affluent families have qualified to enter the island.
- All passengers, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, must stay in quarantine for two weeks.
Montserrat is only open to travelers who can afford the hefty entry fee and at least two months on the island. Tourists wishing to visit the island are required to earn $ 70,000 (over $ 50 million) a year. According to the New York Times, only 21 people from seven affluent families have qualified to enter the island since April.
As of September, only 33 Covid-19 cases had been reported on the island. Therefore, wearing a mask is not mandatory, Euro News reports. In order to protect the island’s 5,000 residents, all passengers, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, must stay in quarantine for two weeks. Passengers have to find the money for this. This is the guts behind allowing only the rich to enter.
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