Seychelles Tourism on track to achieve 2021 arrival targets

Topping the leader board of visitor arrivals from January 1 to July 4 is Russia with 12,381 visitors, as Aeroflot absent from the destination for 17 years, commenced twice weekly flights on April 2 before increasing it to 3 times a week. Emirates, the first airline back to Seychelles when the airport reopened, has boosted arrivals from the United Arab Emirates to number 2 (8,475) while accelerating connectivity to its widening network, and scheduled and special charter flights from Israel see the Middle Eastern nation making the number 3 spot (6,881), normally held by European source markets.

Germany and France, (normally number 1 and 2), have dropped to 4th and 6th position while Ukraine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Poland, and USA have made their appearance in the top 10 source markets list.

397,000 visitor nights have been recorded for the first 2 quarters of 2021 and the length of stay recorded is a healthy 9.1 day for the second quarter of the year, not too far reduced from that recorded prior to the pandemic, the latest tourism report from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.

Optimistic, based on the intelligence recorded that there is high demand for travel to Seychelles, the Principal Secretary for Tourism, Mrs. Sherin Francis, anticipates an improvement in the second part of the year during the peak summer season.

“We are expecting better days ahead for the industry, the current booking trends are reflecting the forecasts we made at the beginning of the year. Records are showing that Seychelles could be receiving over 149,000 visitors by December 2021, which for the industry would be very good news. We are confident that visitors as vaccination progresses in various countries, consumer confidence will increase, and that this will influence our arrival numbers positively for the rest of the year,” PS Francis said.

Edelweiss from Switzerland has also resumed its flights, Condor and Air France probable return to the destination are slotted for October 2021, and as more regional and international airline partners confirm their interest in the destination, the destination’s tourism authorities’ confidence appears to be well founded.

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