Seychelles wins TOP 10 favourite islands in 2016

Seychelles has secured a place amongst TOP 10 favorite islands in the world, courtesy of International Islands Tourism EXPO held in China.

The Seychelles are definitely one of the world’s most beautiful tropical Islands known for its honeymooners’ haven and aquatic playground with inspiring shorelines. The archipelago consists of 115 Islands spread over 1.3 million km² of the western Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar, with a total land area of 444 km², making the Island nation just about the size of Andorra, or 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC.

No doubt, the island earned itself a winner among best in the world. As one of important events of 2016, IITE conference offered the platform for all the related organizations and companies in the industry to discuss the cooperation opportunities and bring the buyers and travelers to the exhibitors.

After G20 Summit in early September, Zhejiang Province of China brought focus again to the 2016 International Islands Tourism EXPO, which happened from 21st September to 24th September in Zhoushan archipelago in Zhejiang Province in China. The Seychelles Tourism Board together with its tourism private trade partners Constance hotel, Landay International Travel and Yetravel attended the first edition of International Islands Tourism EXPO last week in Zhoushan Archipelago.

More than 200 exhibitors attended this EXPO in Zhoushan, including Seychelles, Greece, Australia, Tango, Thailand, USA (Hawaii & Guam), La Reunion, Hainan Airlines, Ctrip, Tuniu etc.  350 VIP guests of 2016 International Islands Tourism Conference visited Seychelles Tourism Board’s booth during their EXPO visit on 22nd September.  Over hundreds buyers and visitors visited Seychelles booth during the EXPO.

Not only tourism and vacation packages but also Eco-tourism information such as the “Seychelles Sustainable Label” were introduced to the audience in the EXPO by the Seychelles delegation. The audiences were very impressed by the stunning beautiful scenes on the videos that were played via LED during the destination promotion on the central stage on 23rd September.