REUNION AND SEYCHELLES STEP UP JOINT PROMOTION AHEAD OF AIR AUSTRAL FLIGHTS
(Posted 10th April 2014)
Well ahead of the launch of flights by Reunion’s Air Austral to the Seychelles on 23rd of June this year have the two tourism boards, supported by Air Austral and their respective tourism private sectors, started to promote inter island travel. The introduction of a Vanilla Islands air pass by Air Austral, with fares from Euros 45 to Euros 90, available solely to travelers who fly long haul with Air Austral to St. Denis, which now throws visits to the Seychelles and other Vanilla Islands wide open, combined with the launch of direct flights by Air Austral to Mahe in late June, was the perfect background to intensify cooperation.
The first in a planned series of workshops just ended yesterday when two days of intense planning and brainstorming concluded a two day session in which 10 service providers from the Seychelles participated, which included two leading DMC’s namely Mason’s Travel and Creole Travel Services besides a number of hotels from Praslin and Mahe.
(Scenes from the just concluded workshop, picture courtesy of IRT)
The cooperation between the two Vanilla Island members Reunion and Seychelles focuses in particular on the new and emerging markets in the Far and South East of Asia as Reunion in particular continues to diversify its source markets for tourist visitors. Plans are underway to grant a Visa waiver to Chinese tourists to tap into that market to reduce relying overly on the French domestic market – Reunion is one of France’s regions, as is incidentally the island of Mayotte, also a member of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island organization.
For more information about Reunion click on www.reunion.fr, www.air-austral.com and for details on the Seychelles visit www.seychelles.travel
