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Mauritius is seeking to boost tourists arrivals from India, Russia and China by almost 50 percent

Mauritius is seeking to boost tourists arrivals from India, Russia and China by almost 50 percent this year as travelers to the Indian Ocean island from Europe decline. “We are aiming for as much as 120,000 visitors from these countries in 2012,” Tourism Minister Michael Sik Yuen said in an interview yesterday in the capital, [...]The post Mauritius is seeking to boost tourists arrivals from India, Russia and China by almost 50 percent appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.

02 Jul 2012, KotZot

Tourists urged to end trade of monkeys

On Tuesday, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) launched a new tourist awareness campaign calling on holidaymakers to help save the monkeys of Mauritius. The island is a top holiday destination for families, sun-seekers and honeymooners. Yet most visitors are completely unaware of the cruelty and suffering that is inflicted on the [...]

12 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily