(East Africa) (3 minutes read)
Seychelles’ hotel owners are getting ready for the usual business which they had almost a year ago
It is expected that tourism also will bounce back along with it, although tourist flow is considerably low
The Seychelles Tourism Board insists that visitors must present a certificate confirming that they were vaccinated, in addition to a negative Covid-19 test taken less than 72 hours prior to travelling
Seychelles’ hotel owners are getting ready for the usual business which they had almost a year ago. It is expected that tourism also will bounce back along with it, although tourist flow is considerably low. Country’s economy is dependent on tourism. This month the archipelago began welcoming people who had received the Covid-19 vaccine to visit the island nation.
The hoteliers are telling that they do not expect business to go back to pre-pandemic times immediately. But they expect that it would limp back to normalcy sooner or later going by the vaccination drive that is going on in countries, which send the maximum number of tourists to the Indian Ocean country.
The Seychelles Tourism Board insists that visitors must present a certificate confirming that they were vaccinated, in addition to a negative Covid-19 test taken less than 72 hours prior to travelling. Also, travelers from ‘Category 1 countries ‘ such as Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam are allowed without getting vaccinated. Special arrangements are made in the hotels depending on the category risk of each country. Seychelles has to bear the brunt of a severe hit on the
tourism sector, which was the main employment provider for the Island nation. The economy has slowed significantly, with some 700 Seychellois losing their jobs, according to government sources.
Seychelles began vaccinating its population against the coronavirus in early January, the first African nation to do so. The country had 1,033 cases and three fatalities out of a population of 100,000. The country is sourcing vaccines from various parts of world, such as the United Arab Emirates, India etc. President Wavel Ramkalawan assured that the country would fully vaccinate the entire population.
