Seychelles planning to lift moratorium on increasing tourism accomodation on La Digue

Seychelles planning to lift moratorium on increasing tourism accomodation on La Digue
Tourism |Author: Rita Joubert-Lawen Edited by: Betymie Bonnelame | March 4, 2024, Monday @ 15:38| 787 views


The moratorium on construction of new tourism accommodation and change of use on La Digue came into force on August 1, 2021. (Rebai/Flickr) Photo licence: CC BY 2.0

(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles' tourism authorities are looking into the possibility of lifting the existing moratorium on building new tourism establishments on La Digue Island, the third most populated of the island nation, said a top tourism official.

Following a recent meeting with the island's inhabitants, the principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, said that the authorities were studying various possibilities for continuing development on the island in a sustainable manner.
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