Tuesday 25 November 2014

MADAGASCAR at I.O.R.A or Indian Rim Association


On the 20th of  November 2014, Madagascar joined the Indian Ocean Rim Association in Seychelles. This year the main theme was "Tourism & Travel in IORA" during the ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).

Malagasy delegation led by the Minister of Tourism, RAMANANTSOA Ramarcel Benjamina has been in Seychelles for 2 days to attend the meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to share knowledges and information that will contribute significantly to the future growth of the tourism industry in the Member States of the IORA.

In fact, "the vision expressed by the Head of State in January 2014, resulted in the EMP is to make tourism a key sector for economic growth, inclusive development and the fight against poverty.

The ministerial meeting discussed the outlook for emerging markets and the need for networking to increase competitiveness and market promotion "tourism and travel" in the Indian Ocean.
Other topics were discussed, such as the maximization of regional development through sustainable tourism, green tourism, bridging the gap between tourism policies and aviation, air connectivity between the islands and tourism development cruise in the Indian Ocean.

Madagascar currently has document recovery of this sector that the Ministry of Tourism officially presented in July. Driving in consultation, and an interdepartmental approach, it aims to provide better service to users.

People working in the field of tourism will have better work conditions, according to the expectations and needs of the sector. Many conditions are necessary to ensure the quality, employment and tourism development in Madagascar.

Thus, the Ministry of Tourism increases cooperation with partners and other countries to implement the guidelines of this strategy. That was one reason why Madagascar took part in this ministerial meeting IORA. Tourism agents like Tours operators, Travel agencies, Hotels, restarants and others, in the continent-island just hope that positive results will be generated by that meeting to bring high the Tourism in Madagascar.








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