Vanilla Islands holds first Ministerial Meeting of 2016

Under the chairmanship of Xavier-Luc Duval, the Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, the ministers and heads of tourism from the Indian Ocean islands looked at the statement of the audited accounts of

Under the chairmanship of Xavier-Luc Duval, the Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, the ministers and heads of tourism from the Indian Ocean islands looked at the statement of the audited accounts of the Vanilla Islands which was presented by Pascal Viroleau, the CEO of the organization and supported by Karine Jasmin of the EXA Firm of Auditors, who are the appointed auditors.

This occurred on Wednesday, January 12, as tourism leaders from Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion, and Comoros met in Port Louis Mauritius to assess the successes of their Vanilla Islands regional organization in what was their first Ministerial Meeting of 2016.

After approving the accounts submitted, Xavier-Luc Duval, the Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister of Tourism and Culture; Didier Robert, the President of the Regional Council of Reunion; and Hissane Guy, the President of Comoros Tourism discussed the action plan for 2016 as was presented by Pascal Viroleau, the CEO of the Vanilla Islands.

Representatives of the different tourism offices present from the different islands of the region were also invited to present their views and present also statistics of visitor arrival numbers from the different tourism source markets for the region. The meeting was also the opportunity for Robert Desvaux, the President of Mauritius Tourism, to update the delegates present on the Hotel Classification program being undertaken by the island in 2016.

The Vanilla Islands Ministerial Meeting agreed to pursue the approach of moving forward to make the Indian Ocean the sought-after cruise ship destination. A decision was also reached of pursuing discussions that would see the creation of a low-cost airline in order to ensure better air connectivity for the region. Further discussions on this would be addressed at the next meeting where studies have already been undertaken and would be table and analyzed.

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