Posted on 03/01/2021 12:06:02 PM PST by SJackson
While the global pandemic from COVID-19 remains, and the cruise industry is shut down in the U.S., Royal Caribbean is moving forward with Israel’s success in vaccinating more than half of its population and plans to sail its newest ship from there beginning in May.
Israel recently began what it calls its Green Passport program, which lets those who have been vaccinated get access to things like hotels, gyms, theaters and concerts. Now that program will extend to planned round-trip sailings from Haifa, Israel to ports of call in Greece and Cyprus.
Israel has made recent travel agreements with those two countries. So now the ship, which can hold more than 4,200 passengers at double capacity, will make 3- to 7-night sailings visiting places like Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos and Athens, Greece plus Limassol, Cyprus.
“Thanks to the millions of vaccines we have brought, I am proud that Israel will be the first country in the world to launch Royal Caribbean’s new flagship,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a press release. “Royal Caribbean’s decision to come to Israel is a significant expression of confidence in our policy. This is an important economic, touristic moment for the State of Israel.
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Demand Vaccinated Only flights/cruises/hotels/casinos, call your travel agent today!
JUST LIKE I PREDICTED!!!
lolololol
None of the rules regarding COVID-19 are going to hold out for very much longer
people are sick and tired of this crap
Come in and look there’s 80% of liberals that will voluntarily comply with anything and Fauci tells them - but that’s just stupid liberals
I don’t think Israel has any anti vaccine types. They are going forward with a complete opening of their economy. Meanwhile we can’t have nice things.
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