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Products that are suitable for sightseeing and vaccines are coming out one after another in countries where there is a spare amount of Corona 19 vaccine. Alaska, USA, will be giving the vaccine for free starting in June of this year, so I started promoting it to come to play. The quarantine authorities say that there is no problem with getting the vaccine in another country, but unlike the explanation of the travel agency, there are cases where it is not true, so you should check carefully in advance.
Reporter Park Chan-geun covered it.
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is a Russian tourism product uploaded to a Norwegian travel agency.
A schedule of two vaccinations is included, and there
is only one Sputnik V vaccine.
A product that stays for 23 days costs about 4 million won, and a product that goes twice every three weeks costs about 2.7 million won.
Foreign tourists, including Koreans, can also get vaccination.
[Uwe Kaim/German Vaccine Tourist Vaccinator: We are relieved that Russia has more vaccines than Russians demand.] The
Governor of Alaska in the United States recently announced that it will give tourists free vaccines from June 1st. .
[Mike Dunleavy/Governor of Alaska: If you come to Alaska, you can get the vaccine for free. It will be implemented from June 1st.]
Currently, Alaska is vaccinated by Modena or Pfizer, and tourists are expected to get one of the two vaccines when the vaccine tour begins as scheduled.
I called the local travel agency and asked about the local situation.
[Jin-Sung Cho/CEO of Alaska's local travel agency: Usually, look at the news (there is a phone call from Korea) and talk about the vaccine first. Is it really free in early June when you enter Alaska, how long do you have to wait? It's true that it's letting
go, but I
think you'll have to wait a little longer to be precise about how to let it go.]
But you may be frustrated when you go on a vaccine trip recklessly.
An Italian travel agency's website advertised that they could get the type of Corona 19 vaccine they wanted while sightseeing in Serbia, but it wasn't true as a result of SBS confirmation.
[Alexendar Georgevich/Representative Serbia Ambassador to Korea: (Foreign tourists) through any domestic or foreign travel agency cannot get the vaccine in Serbia. These products are internet scams.]
Moreover, if any country has any adverse reactions or side effects after getting a vaccine abroad, it should be taken into account that measures may not be as rapid as domestic medical institutions.
Expensive hospital bills can also be burdensome.
[Hoon Lee/Professor of Department of Tourism at Hanyang University: There may be a side effect, but I haven't seen any travel products that have (guarantees) listed there. It can be a huge financial burden.]
What is the opinion of the quarantine authorities about getting the vaccine abroad?
The quarantine authorities explained that it is not a problem to go abroad and get the vaccine as long as the quarantine rules are followed during the immigration process.
However, there is not yet a system for registering people who have been vaccinated as vaccinations from overseas, so you have to wait until the registration system is established in order to be recognized as having been vaccinated.
If you have received a vaccine that has not been approved in the country, there is a possibility that you will not be classified as a vaccinator.
Also, even if you have been vaccinated from abroad, you must self-isolate for two weeks.
There are many critical views of the move to tie together vaccines and tourism products.
This is because the chances of vaccination are given preferentially to the wealthy people around the world who can afford it.
It is necessary to consider the criticism that the vaccine, which should be distributed evenly in poor countries, is used as a means of business for some countries.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Park Ji-yeon, VJ: Kim Cho-ah, CG: Hong Seong-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Ye-jeong, Seong Jae-eun, Jeong Si-won)