Mauritius opened for international travel in the middle of July. Currently, vaccinated guests spend 14 days in a special ‘resort bubble’ hotel before going on to discover more of the Indian Ocean paradise.
While the UAE’s open-door policy already took effect yesterday, disavowal by the airline has thrown travel agencies into confusion.
The agencies said it was not the first time Emirates’ management had backtracked on resumption of scheduled flights, causing travel agencies to incur losses on cancelled bookings.
'Since early on we wanted to be part of the community, our closest neighbours,' says Simon Blackburn of Three Tree Hill lodge in Hambrook, 'so we chose to be inclusive, immersive and not separated.'
First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
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