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Non-stop flights between Cape Town and Mauritius will be relaunched in November with the resurgence of South African tourists visiting the Indian Ocean Island nation. The country’s tourism sector was decimated for about two years by Covid-19 due to global travel restrictions and Mauritius’ own stringent border policies
Non-stop flights between Cape Town and Mauritius will be relaunched in November with the resurgence of South African tourists visiting the Indian Ocean Island nation. The country’s tourism sector was decimated for about two years by Covid-19 due to global travel restrictions and Mauritius’ own stringent border policies. Mauritius’ tourism and hospitality industry accounted for a quarter of the country’s GDP prior to the pandemic.
With the gradual phasing out of travel restrictions globally and within the country, Mauritius has seen a surge in foreign arrivals, especially those coming from South Africa. Importantly, tourists from South Africa in April and May of this year exceeded pre-pandemic levels of travel. There are a few reasons for the swift recovery.
Air connectivity between the two countries improved with the introduction of additional flights. South African Airways (SAA), which restarted its flights to Mauritius in November, recently confirmed that it would be adding more flights to the route. Local low-cost airline FlySafair launched twice-weekly flights from Johannesburg to Mauritius in March. The airline is keen to have more flights between the two countries.
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Air Mauritius currently has one daily flight from Johannesburg. It is likely to press into service more flights by October. It is poised to relaunch non-stop flights between Cape Town and Mauritius on 16 November 2022, using its “new generation A350/A330neo aircraft.
It is estimated that by 2022, investments from Mauritius are projected to be at US$ 9.4 billion, an increase from US$ 5.6 billion in the previous year.
