Vaccine Tourism: The New Talk of the Town



Would you like to go on a vacation to get a covid-19 vaccination? Don’t be surprised as a Mumbai-based travel agency is ACTUALLY proving a vaccine tourism package! Using this package one can travel to the country where the vaccine is available or will be available and get a shot of it.

Gem Tours & Travel in Mumbai has announced a coronavirus vaccine tourism package for VVIP clients who would like to travel all the way to the US to get the shot.

“Be among the first to get Corona Vaccine: As soon as Pfizer Vaccine is officially published to sell America (tentative date 11 December), v r ready to get it done for select few VVIP clients…” the travel operator said in its package details through WhatsApp messages.

The package comes at a whooping price of about Rs 1,75000 which includes Mumbai-New-York-Mumbai airfare, three night/four days stay along with a shot of the vaccine.

As per reports, the travel firm is being backed by pharma major Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine that showed 95% efficacy in preventing covid-19.

As reported by Mint, no advance deposits are required for booking and the packaged can be booked on a first-come-first serve basis.

However, Mint as well as TOI couldn’t reach the agency in spite of repeated attempts