The island of Reunion, popular with the

tourist industry and Chinese travelers!

(Posted 11th January 2016)

Best outdoors destination and third best honeymoon destination in the world: The island of Reunion just won these two key travel awards in China at the beginning of the year.

For eight years now, the Chinese media house specialised in the field of travel, the Top Magazine organizes its most famous gala evening under the name of Top Travel Ceremony.

Each year, there are more than 100,000 readers that vote for their international favorite destination among several categories and for the first time has Reunion captured the coveted outdoor destination award.

Good news apparently never comes alone as Reunion Island was also nominated for best honeymoon destination during the evening which was held under the theme: Inspire, share and explore – Discover the best in the World jointly organized by Qyer.com and China National Geographic.

The island was crowned as the third best honeymoon destination in the world with 27,200 votes behind the Maldives (27 748 votes) and Santorini (28 104 votes).

These awards came as the result of the marketing strategy introduced by IRT, Reunion Island Tourism in the Chinese market for the past several years.

Since July 2014 was a Visa waiver authorized for Chinese agencies which organize stays of less than fifteen days in Reunion Island. Chinese travelers are under such conditions eligible for a visa waiver. This procedure is valid for all Chinese passport holders residing in China and in any part of the world.

These awards are an excellent new for promoting and marketing Reunion where the tourism industry wishes to increase the number of arrivals from China.

Such awards contribute to the improve the reputation of the island of Reunion in the Chinese market.

For added information about Destination Reunion click on www.reunion.fr