Government offers to pay for all vacation expenses for tourists who catch Mers in Korea

Article: Tourists who catch Mers in Korea get their vacation 'for free'... desperate countermeasure for dropping tourism

Source: Money Today via Nate

To prevent tourism from going down in its peak season (summer), the government has offered to pay for treatment costs + the entire expense of the vacation if any tourist visiting Korea catches Mers.

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1. [+2,774, -24] This has to be a fu*king joke. It's like they have no where else to spend money so they're making up excuses to spend it elsewhere. Why would anyone put their life at risk for a chance at a free trip? You're all fools.

2. [+2,305, -21] An idiotic measure.. from corporates to the government, they're taking the rest of us for fools..

3. [+2,244, -24] They're making a joke out of the taxes we work hard to pay.

4. [+71, -0] And who will be paying for those expenses? ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ I'm honestly so speechless

5. [+60, -0] And if the tourists end up dying? What then?

6. [+56, -1] Would you put your life at risk to go on vacation?

7. [+53, -0] This is insane.. if foreigners heard about this, it'd be all the buzz.

8. [+53, -0] This must've been the scenario they were thinking in their heads when they came up with this: "Oh darling, did you hear that Korea has a Mers tour package? Let's book a trip to Korea immediately. Who knows, maybe we'll be lucky and catch Mers and get all sorts of benefits! (wink). Sure there's a chance of death but it's all free so what's not to love? So darling, let's go to Korea, despite the entire country being in a frenzy over Mers! Yahoo!" This had to have been the scenario going on in their heads..

9. [+47, -0] I honestly thought this article was a joke at first ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. [+30, -0] This is so insane that I can't help but laugh ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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