Articles tagged “seychelles”

Tourism

Skift India Daily: India Resumes E-Visa Services for Saudi Nationals

India's curtailment of e-visas had been an impediment to grow inbound tourism in the country. Now only if the resumption of e-visas would be followed by increasing air connectivity between the two countries.

Amrita Ghosh | 1 year ago

Skift India Daily: India Resumes E-Visa Services for Saudi Nationals

Cruises

Africa Looks to Diversify Tourism Mix by Investing More in Cruise Business

The rapidly rebounding cruise tourism market is providing African tourism with a lucrative opportunity to give destinations battered by the pandemic a new path to revenues.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 1 year ago

Africa Looks to Diversify Tourism Mix by Investing More in Cruise Business

Airlines

Africa’s Air Seychelles Struggles to Survive Under New Creditor Pressure

A complicated affair involving several airlines and broader efforts by creditors to recover a total of $1.2 billion could close down the African airline.

Davide Barbuscia, Reuters | 3 years ago

Africa’s Air Seychelles Struggles to Survive Under New Creditor Pressure

Tourism

Covid-19 Forces Seychelles to Look Beyond Tourism

A lot of destinations have said they were rethinking tourism development during their respective Covid lockdowns. We're still waiting to see some of those newer, better policies emerge.

Omar Mohammed, Reuters | 3 years ago

Covid-19 Forces Seychelles to Look Beyond Tourism

Tourism

Mauritius fends off rivals Seychelles and Maldives to capture luxury market

Mauritius is largely benefitting from the Maldives political instability and regular press about the rising water levels.

Nicki Grihault, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Mauritius fends off rivals Seychelles and Maldives to capture luxury market

Tourism

The self-sufficient Seychelles island that may hold the secret for small island states

The Seychelles knows it can't keep other countries from behaving in a manner that turns nature into the enemy for it and its island peers, so it's doing what it can for now to lengthen out the time it spends above water.

AllAfrica.com | 11 years ago

The self-sufficient Seychelles island that may hold the secret for small island states

Tourism

The island of Seychelles exceeded expectations for visitor arrivals in 2012

Seychelles competes with the Maldives for a small and wealthy group of international tourists, but the tourism industries of both island destinations are at risk from global warming and rising waters in coming years.

Skift | 11 years ago

The island of Seychelles exceeded expectations for visitor arrivals in 2012