Tourist flow slightly on the rise in the Great Isle26/04/2010 | 16:15:15
The number of tourists having made for Madagascar has enjoyed a plus 20% increase during the first four months of the year, compared to the same period in 2009.
Professionals are recovering hope anew although nothing is yet to be held for granted.
The hotel rooms booking rate is now fluctuating between 30% and 50%, a poor score for tourism operators. So much more is being required for long term expections.
The sector's fragility is no more denied. Since 2009, the political crisis has been taking a significant toll from tourism professionals. Many hotels have been pushed to lay workers off or to shut doors.
The central highlands’ inhabitants are famed for their tradition called Famadihana. Scientists, sociologists and writers have been providing various definitions for this phenomenon.[See]
Madagascar’s central eastern city of Ambatondrazaka, will hold a rice trade fair from August 24th to the 30th, as a first occasion to promote the sector and gather its major operators in order to address the various problems hindering its development.[See]
Transportation fees for links to the seaside have increased by 20%. Travelers openly displayed their disappointment, but transportation companies made no secret of their increasingly unbearable financial situation.[See]
The handicraft show, Sehatra, began in the Sport and Culture's Palace of Mahamasina, in Antananarivo on July 15th, as a starting point for recovery after several months of figures in the red.[See]
The monthly excursion tour organized by the Regional Office of Analamanga or ORTANA(local label) has been launched on May 25th, 2010 in the forest of Angavo. Some 180 tourists are taking part into the discovery of a protected area located 1000 meters above sea level.[See]
The icelandic ash cloud which troubles the european air traffic is having the same effect on Madagascar's tourism. The re launch expected to come true shortly before the upper season is being jeopardized. The series of flight cancellations has drawn strings of some serious financial losses.[See]
