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Seychelles delegation head to Paris for annual French tourism trade fair |17 September 2016

The French Tourism Trade Fair, the IFTM Top Resa 2016, will be back on the trade fair calendar once again from September 20-23, 2016 and the Seychelles tourism industry will again be present with a 23-member delegation representing 12 companies.

The companies represented are Air Seychelles, 7°South Ltd (DMC), Alphonse Island Seychelles, Berjaya Resort Seychelles, Bird Island, Coral Strand Smart Choice Hotel, Creole Travel Services (DMC), Kempinski Seychelles Resort, Mason’s Travel (DMC), Maia Luxury Resort & Spa, Savoy Resort & Spa and The H Resort Beau Vallon Beach Seychelles.

Alain St Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture; Sherin Francis, the chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) will also be joining Bernadette Willemin, the STB's director for Europe and her team at this year's IFTM Top Resa.  

The Seychelles stand is expected to be busy with meetings organised with the French travel trade, press and media, all eager to meet the partners most of whom have travelled from Seychelles showing the importance and interest of the market for the local Seychelles industry.

France is still the number one market for Seychelles with three direct flights a week operated by the national airline Air Seychelles and the various airlines flying daily via their respective hubs in the Middle East and Africa.

Last year 37,356 French nationals travelled to the island destination. According to the Seychelles National Bureau of Statistics 28,926 people from France arrived in Seychelles during the first eight months of the year. This represents an increase of 17% over the previous year, which shows that Seychelles is still very much considered as a favourite and safe destination.

So far the trend indicates that the French market is set to maintain its number one position for tourism arrivals for Seychelles.

 

 

 

 

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