Air Seychelles will set off on its first-ever flight to Reunion, a French Overseas Department, on December 30, as part of seasonal direct flights between the two destinations to bolster connectivity and promote tourism exchange. According to Tourism Seychelles, the national carrier will operate one weekly direct flight to Reunion on December 30, 2024, January 6, 13, [...]
A group of 11 students from the Advanced Diploma in Hotel Management (ADHM) Programme at the Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA) will undergo a six-month internship with Universal Resorts in the Maldives. The students, who will leave Seychelles on Saturday, received their plane tickets and insurance documents in a small sending-off ceremony at the Academy's premises on [...]
Crowds fleeing Khan Yunis after an Israeli evacuation order gave way to empty streets on Friday as Palestinian residents tried to escape a new Israeli military operation in Gaza's main southern area. "They threw leaflets at us, ordering us to evacuate", Reem Abu Hayya told AFP, referring to the flyers that Israeli forces drop from [...]
President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo, the country's first Olympic gold medallist and the first African to be crowned 200-metre champion at a Games. Masisi hailed the 21-year-old sprinter as "Botswana's Sensation" after his outstanding performance on Thursday. "Botswana's finest sporting moment," beamed the Mmegi newspaper after [...]
Seychelles' Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday approved a proposal to implement stricter measures and enhance regulatory frameworks for the trade of Aldabra giant tortoises, a protected species. As Seychelles has a significant population of Aldabra giant tortoises, the local regulatory framework will be aligned with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) standards. [...]
The Seychelles' Supreme Court set on Thursday morning the trial date of six suspected Somali pirates for mid-January 2025. The five men - who have pleaded not guilty - were involved in an attack on the Marshall Islands-registered tanker Chrystal Arctic on May 10. The six suspected pirates were handed over to the Seychelles authorities on [...]
To improve the outcome of the low season, Seychelles' Department of Tourism brought together representatives from the industry to discuss an action plan this week. The principal secretary for Tourism, Sherin Francis, said this event is one of the outcomes of the marketing meeting held last month. The meeting included presentations about statistics and market trends [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will join other heads of state in Kigali, Rwanda, on August 11 for the swearing-in ceremony of President Paul Kagame, State House said on Thursday. Kagame was re-elected after a landslide victory in July, winning 99.18 percent of the vote. The 66-year-old has been the President of Rwanda since April [...]
The Seychelles National Assembly has unanimously approved a new bill to regulate virtual asset providers presented by the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan, on Tuesday. Hassan said the objective of the bill is to complement a national strategy to combat financial risk associated with virtual assets and virtual asset service providers [...]
With the FishPath process successfully completed for the lobster fishery in Seychelles, the Seychelles Fisheries Authority (SFA) will be developing a comprehensive harvest strategy for the species. Through a grant from the International Climate Initiative (lKI), the FishPath team in partnership with the SFA, began discussions for the harvest strategy for lobster, and hosted a National Lobster Workshop at [...]
