'Rhodes experiment' entails studying group of Dutch tourists' pandemic-related behavior on holiday isle Monday, 19 April 2021 00:00 UPD:00:01 REUTERS/LOUIZA VRADI General view of the Mitsis Grand Hotel Beach amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rhodes on the island of Rhodes, Greece April 12, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi Of the 25,000 who submitted an application to participate in an Covid-19-related "experiment" by the Dutch government for a paid vacation to the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, one of Greece's premier island destinations, 189 were chosen. This sample group will subsequently come under scrutiny by public health researchers, whose data will ostensibly determine the best way in which the this year's tourism season can be inaugurated amid a pandemic.