Mauritius & Seychelles Tourism Ministers meet and promise to work closer together

Mauritius & Seychelles Tourism Ministers meet and promise to work closer together
 

Mauritius confirms they will be represented at the April Carnaval International de Victoria in Seychelles

ATP-  arab tourism portal- The Hon. Xavier-Luc Duval, the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Tourism and External Communications of Mauritius and Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture have had their first face to face meeting since the change of Government of Mauritius that saw Mr Duval take over the tourism portfolio in Mauritius.

The two sister islands in the indian ocean are not only very close together, but both speak the same Creole language and have a very close historical past. The two islands are also founding members of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands concept.

The meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Duval and Minister St.Ange was attended by Mrs K. O. Fong Weng-Poorun, the Senior Chief Executive in the Ministry of Tourism and External Communications of Mauritius, Mr Arnaud Martin, the Chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) and Mr Karl Mootoosamy, the CEO of the MTPA on the Mauritius side and from the Seychelles side Ms Sherin Naiken, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board, Mrs Bernadette Willemin, the Director for Europe for the Seychelles Tourism Board, Mr Andre Ciseau, the CEO of the Seychelles Ports Authority and Mrs Edith Hunzinger, the Seychelles Tourism Board’s Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Discussions between Deputy Prime Minister Duval and Minister St.Ange and their delegations were centred on many points that would strengthen the cooperation between these two Indian Ocean Islands.

Deputy Prime Minister Duval used that first meeting between himself and his seychelles counterpart to confirm that Mauritius would this year be represented at the Seychelles annual Carnaval International de Victoria by an important delegation.

  They also discussed to work more closely to consolidate the work of the Vanilla Islands as well as to undertake joints initiatives to bring out a common Hotel Grading system and to increase Cruise Ship business in the Indian Ocean.