Indian travel agencies plan ‘vaccine tourism’

With the United Kingdom government approving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, travel agencies in India have already started planning ‘vaccine tourism’ packages for Indians who want to travel to England to take the shots.

Travel agencies such as Zenith Holidays in Kolkata, Gem Tours & Travels in Mumbai and Chariot World Tours in Bengaluru confirmed that they are formulating such tour packages, which could even include the vaccine cost.

Travel agents have also been receiving many enquiries from Indians about travelling to the UK as soon as possible for the purpose, PTI reported last week. But there are words of caution from even within the industry.

“Unless we hear from the Indian or the UK government, nobody should be offering tours like these,” Jyoti Mayal, president, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), told The Print. “Also, travel agents can get dragged into legal suits if they are making offers that are not authentic or yet to be approved by local governments.”

TV BRICS reports with reference to Trinity Mirror.