Tourism ministers meet on the sidelines of Carnaval International de Victoria |29 April 2016

South Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles tourism ministers met on the sidelines of the sixth Carnaval International de Victoria in Seychelles.

Derek Hanekom, the Minister of Tourism of South Africa, Roland Ratsiraka, the Minister of Tourism of Madagascar and Alain St Ange, the Minister of Tourism and Culture for Seychelles, and their tourism heads made time during the sixth Carnaval International de Victoria for them to meet to discuss cooperation and tourism.

The tourism ministers of South Africa and Madagascar were both leading their country's delegations at this year's carnival, dubbed the United Nations Gathering of Culture.

Among other issues discussed were the security of the region and its individual countries and airline connectivity.

The Madagascar minister flew into Seychelles some days after taking over his country’s tourism portfolio and wanted to be seen as a supporter of the cultural event that is placing the Indian Ocean region on the tourism map of the world.

At this meeting, Alain St Ange of Seychelles confirmed to his South Africa counterpart that he will be personally leading his country's delegation to INDABA, the tourism trade fair of South Africa which is to be held in Durban in the coming week.