Barbados is considering letting visitors stay on the island nation for up to a year, the country says.
The visits are part of a plan to reopen travel to the Caribbean nation, who like the rest of the world, has been paralyzed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Barbados May Let Travelers Stay For One Year
Prime Minister Mia Mottley floated the plan, called the “Barbados Welcome Stamp,” recently to let those who visit there work remotely for one year.
“You don’t need to work in Europe, or the U.S. or Latin America if you can come here and work for a couple months at a time; go back and come back,” Mottley said recently, according to the Barbados Government Information Service website.
The work-from-home plan would solve issues with short-term travel and the continual testing that coronavirus now requires.
The Barbados Welcome Stamp would let “persons to come and work from here overseas, digitally so, so that persons don’t need to remain in the countries in which they are,” Mottley was quoted as saying.
The crisis has hit the island nation even harder than some locations because tourism is a major part of the country’s economy.
All travelers to Barbados must complete a Pre-Arrival on-line Embarkation/Disembarkation (ED) form at least 24 hours before arrival.
As of July 10, 2020, Barbados had less than 100 COVID-19 cases and only seven deaths, according to government figures.
Flights From Atlanta To Barbados
Flights from Atlanta to Barbados between August 7th to the 16th averaged around $590 on the major airlines when I checked Kayak.com.
The cheapest fare from Atlanta to Barbados was American Airlines: $521
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