REUNION MEETS INDIA – THE THEME OF THE 2016 TOURISM WEEK FESTIVAL ON THE ISLAND
(Posted 31st March 2016)
Seventh edition of the Tourism Festival in Reunion
The Tourism Professional University Institute (IUP) on Reunion is organizing the seventh edition of the Tourism Week. This event comes as part of the academic training activity for jobs in tourism, aims to sensitize the local population to the tourism industry and its economic impact. Presentations take place all over the island, from Thursday 31st March to Wednesday, 06th April.
Following the theme "Reunion meets China" which was developed in 2015, this year the IUP tourism department attaches to another piece of Reunion culture with the theme "Reunion meets India". Stop on the route to India, Reunion Island has a history forged by African population which came to the island from Madagascar, Europe and Asia. This multifaceted land with plural origins notably saw the arrival of the first Indian contract workers in the nineteenth century.
The 2016 Tourism Festival puts forward the slope of the historical heritage of the island through a program of cultural activities, sporting or charitable. Since 2015 and the 2019, the Tourism Festival will focus on tourism of memory on a set schedule:
- 2015 Reunion meets China
- 2016 Reunion meets India
- 2017 Reunion meets Afrcia
- 2018 Reunion meets France
- 2019 Reunion in a Creole World
The program of the 2016 Tourism Week
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Academic conference on "Reunion Land of India" in the amphitheater of the Reunion IAE: academic intervention teachers and professionals, tourism professionals and students of second year Master Tourism Management and Engineering on different topics around the same theme.
Friday, 1 April 2016
- E-Clip Festival Reunion (FER): projecting videos made ??by students of MIT Master with selection of the best clips by the jury of the ERF and final in the amphitheater of the IAE.
- Gala IUP Tourism in the gardens of the IAE: Indian buffet and cocktail, Indian dances, raffle, henna booth and photo exhibition.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Beach volleyball competition of the Association of Lupiens Mascarene (AIM) event organized by the students to give this Tourism Week a sporty touch.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Shares in the Elderly Accommodation Establishments for Dependent (nursing homes) of St. Paul and St. Peter establishment of workshops by the IUP tourism students to discover the elderly colors of India around fun activities based on the five senses.
During the event, AIM, students and tourism IUP’s teachers will conduct charitable actions to fight against abuses that the tourism industry can generate:
- Child prostitution: creation and diffusion on the media clip "Do you hear?" released in 2015 with the participation of local artists. Leafleting in companies, among partners and in the street. Awareness through photo exhibitions in university libraries of Reunion. Interventions on television, on radio, in print.
- The AIDS virus: information campaign and the Rapid Test for Diagnosis Orientation (TROD).
More destination information can be accessed via www.reunion.fr
