Sure, you learn that proper: 2023.
The pandemic put a damper on numerous music festivals in 2020 and 2021 however as of late, reside occasions have been in a position to return by implementing enhanced security measures, corresponding to mandating potential attendees to offer proof of vaccination or a latest adverse COVID-19 take a look at.
As music pageant organizers proceed to navigate the complexities of COVID-19 restrictions, some really feel it is nonetheless too quickly to return.
Costa Rica’s beloved Envision Competition initially postponed their 2021 version to February 21-28, 2022, informing all ticket-holders that it is going to be well worth the wait. Sadly, Envisionaries will now have to attend a further 370 days. Over the previous a number of months, the fest’s organizers have been in shut collaboration with Costa Rican authorities, monitoring and analyzing the influence of COVID-19.
However they finally determined to tug the plug on the forthcoming sold-out occasion. Regardless of ongoing efforts to make the weeklong jungle expertise occur, they’ve formally introduced that there will probably be no gathering in Uvita, Costa Rica, this yr. In an official assertion, the Envision staff defined that “internet hosting a world occasion of this dimension in February of 2022 can’t be executed with out important threat to the wellbeing & expertise of our attendees, employees, expertise, and particularly the local people of Uvita and its well being care system.”
You may learn the complete assertion from the Envision staff under.
It’s with heavy hearts that we inform you that the offered out Envision 2022 Competition will probably be postponed till February twenty seventh – March sixth of 2023.
In shut collaboration with the Costa Rican authorities and after months of monitoring and analyzing the progress of COVID-19 in Costa Rica, it has grown clear that internet hosting a world occasion of this dimension in February of 2022 can’t be executed with out important threat to the wellbeing & expertise of our attendees, employees, expertise, and particularly the local people of Uvita and its well being care system.
We need to guarantee you that this determination was not made evenly; there’s nothing we wish greater than to have the ability to embrace all of you with open arms at our house this February. Whereas life could also be starting to return to a semblance of ‘regular’ in lots of locations all through the world, internet hosting hundreds of worldwide vacationers at a 7-day pageant within the Costa Rican jungle poses a singular set of challenges and dangers within the present international local weather. Producing Envision this February, in mild of what we all know these dangers to be, would undermine the core of our values and the compassion our staff shares for all of you and for one another. Whereas that is admittedly a heartbreaking determination, it’s one we’re assured is essentially the most accountable alternative.
All 2022 orders will probably be mechanically transferred to the brand new 2023 occasion dates; all ticket holders will obtain a brand new reserving affirmation electronic mail for his or her 2023 orders (together with lodging, actions, and transportation) earlier than the top of October. We all know it wasn’t simple to get your tickets this yr amidst the thrill and demand, so we need to reassure all ticket holders that you’re assured entry to the 2023 pageant with out having to take any additional motion. If any motion is required on your distinctive reserving or lodging, our staff will attain out to you instantly.
Our staff is on standby and right here to assist ought to you’ve any questions. Please be at liberty to contact us at [email protected] and our staff will reply as rapidly as potential. Because of the excessive quantity of inquiries our staff is at the moment processing, please enable as much as three enterprise days for a response.
All our love,
The Envision Group
In keeping with The Tico Instances, 5.6 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Costa Rica as of final week, and about 40% of the inhabitants are totally vaccinated with two jabs. Whereas Costa Rica remains to be effectively above the worldwide common, the nation is falling behind others within the area and native authorities have reportedly been pushing mass-vaccinations.
It goes with out saying that given the present international local weather, internet hosting hundreds of worldwide vacationers for the occasion poses a singular set of challenges and dangers. Envision Competition has been postponed till February twenty seventh to March sixth, 2023.
It is necessary to notice that every one tickets bought for 2022 will probably be mechanically transferred to the brand new 2023 dates. Presently, the Envision staff has not addressed choices for ticket-holders to request refunds.
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