The Barbados welcome stamp, announced in July, will allow foreigners, in addition to Americans, to live and paint in the tax-free Caribbean country for a year. Aimed at painters operating remotely, the welcome seal is unreasonable: it costs $2,000 for Americans and $3,000 for families, but allows unlimited departures and re-entry during the year, as well as free access to public school for young people with visas. It’s designed, said Eusi Skeete, director of Barbados TourismArray in the US. 14% of the country’s GDP.
It is estimated that 30% of the world’s pictorial force will paint remotely in the coming months, millions of schoolchildren are practically starting their courses and the tourism industry is facing an unprecedented decline. A few weeks after Barbados announced the visa, a handful of other countries have similar plans in place. Everyone has the same invitation: you take Zoom calls with a background of white sandy beaches, come paint here and observe the genuine.
Bermuda also hopes to attract veteran travelers to its shores. On 1 August, the UK introduced a new Work From Bermuda certification programme, which will allow travelers to live and paint on their pink sand for 12 months. exempt from income source tax.
“There is no need to get stuck in your apartment in a densely populated city with the restrictions that accompany it and the main threat of infection,” E wrote. David Burt, Prime Minister of Bermuda, in a letter on the certificate application page. the year with us running or coding in the water. “
Bermuda is expected to spend the next full year in recession. The certification program, said Glenn Jones, acting executive director of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, will reinject much-needed money in the economy.
“These visitors in Bermuda are a hybrid of citizens and visitors, who spend cash on our restaurants, spas. . . this will get our hospitality workers back to work,” Jones said.
The resorts also have systems aimed at remote painting and distance learning for children. In Punta Mita, Mexico, a 1,500-acre network on the Riviera Nayarit, owners have personal guardians and a micro-school on site. This merit has convinced citizens like Emmanuelle. Boutin Rossetto, who owns a holiday home with her husband, will stay indefinitely with her 5-year-old son.
First, the Four Seasons Punta Mita now provides “schools” with after-school sports; the upcoming Conrad Punta de Mita, which begins on September 1, will do so with packages for parents and children: WFP (Work from Paradise) and LFP (Learn from Paradise), which includes faster Wi-Fi and hotel credits to bring the hours between convention calls and geometry classes to life.
Spend a month at Eden Roc Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic and get loose Spanish and piano lessons for young people with the resort’s “Family Staycation” package. But keep in mind that the Dominican Republic, as well as Bermuda and Barbados, require visitors to provide proof. Covid-19 negative check on arrival or quarantined for 14 days.
In the United States, stations also hope to reactivate post-pandemic recovery by deploying packages that facilitate remote paints. In Fort Lauderdale, Hyatt Centric Las Olas offers Peloton passes and “electric lunches” for visitors to plan their business visits.
And at Hilton Head Health, a wellness and weight loss community on Hilton Head Island, the Work From Home at H3 package offers visitors a personalized wellness program with breaks for the categories of exercises and cooking demonstrations around day-to-day paintings from a distance. said CEO Kevin Carter, were designed for longer stays, so he welcomes this change. “Who wouldn’t need to spend a month (or two) in paradise while running in their physical condition and well-being [and] doing their job?”he said.
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