You Can Buy A House At This Sicilian Town For Only Rs 86

To prevent depopulation, a small Sicilian town in Italy is offering its abandoned houses at an incredibly low price. You even have to pay more money to buy a cup of coffee.

In the last few years, several small Italian towns have been having to deal with depopulation. So they have been welcoming people to come and buy houses by offering them at ridiculously low prices.

Because of depopulation, properties in this town are being sold at 1 Euro (Rs 86). Reports say that it was already difficult for locals to sell these properties. And now, things aren’t getting any better because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Salemi town is surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. Some of the houses here even date back to the 1600s.

After the Belice Valley earthquake occurring in 1968, more than 4,000 residents left the town. Domenico Venuti, the mayor of the town said that the city council already launched a recovering project to recover some old parts of the town, upgrading services and infrastructures from electric grids to roads and sewage pipes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our worlds upside down. And the tourism industry is one of the worst-hit areas. After months of being put under lockdown, some countries are trying to attract tourists by offering partially paid-for holidays, discounts. Even more, tourists can get tested for COVID-19, for free.

Sicily has announced that it will cover half of the plane ticket’s price if you decide to visit the Italian island. For every three nights that you stay there, you will get one free.

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