Seychelles was represented at one of many main shopper festivals in Belgium, Salon des Vacances, from February 2 to five, 2023.

The delegation representing the vacation spot on the ‘Salon de Vacances’ was Ms. Myra Fanchette from the Tourism Seychelles crew, alongside Mrs. Maryse William representing Silver Pearl Excursions and Journey.

For greater than 60 years, the Salon des Vacances has attracted massive numbers of journey lovers coming to find their subsequent vacation vacation spot amongst the 350 exhibitors and 800 sub-exhibitors current. The honest targets each commerce and customers in Antwerp (Belgium).

Talking about Tourism Seychelles’ participation on the honest, Ms. Fanchette talked about that Seychelles stays one of many high locations on the potential guests’ bucket lists.

“We met a variety of guests who’ve visited Seychelles earlier than who’re dreaming of going again.”

“A handful of them are already repeating guests and had solely good issues to say about their experiences,” added Ms. Fanchette.

One of many guests, Mr. Francis Mommaerts, first visited Seychelles in 2009 and returned to the islands two years later with Ms. Chantal Van Houteghem. They spent their vacation on the West Coast of Mahé and spoke fondly of their adventures.

Tourism Seychelles is placing a variety of deal with growing the Belgium market because it has nice potential. The market introduced 4,151 passengers to Seychelles in 2022 in comparison with 2,933 in 2021 and three,116 in 2019. The honest is among the many initiatives Tourism Seychelles makes use of to draw guests to the island paradise.

Seychelles lies northeast of Madagascar, an archipelago of 115 islands with roughly 98,000 residents. Seychelles is a melting pot of many cultures which have commingled and coexisted because the first settlement of the islands in 1770. The three foremost inhabited islands are Mahé, Praslin and La Digue and the official languages are English, French and Seychellois Creole.

The islands mirror Seychelles’ grand range, like an awesome household, each massive and small, each with its personal distinct character and character. There are 115 islands scattered throughout 1,400,000 sq km of ocean with the islands falling into 2 classes: 41 “inside” granitic islands that type the spine of Seychelles’ tourism choices with their huge suite of providers and facilities, most of that are readily accessible by means of a choice of day journeys and excursions, and the remoter “outer” coral islands the place no less than an in a single day keep is crucial.