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Madagascar salon INDABA 2019 in South Africa

Madagascar participated in the last Indaba show in Africa of the South which took place from 2 to the 4 May at the Inkosi Albert Convention Center Durban Luthuli. This show is an unmissable international event dedicated to tourism professionals in Africa.

Madagascar at the INDABA fair 2019 in South Africa. The National Tourist Office of Madagascar (ONTM), Air Madagascar, 4 national operators (Chrismiatours Mada, Dadamanga Group, Mercury Voyages, Island Continent Tours) made up the Malagasy delegation. The TRF project (Trade Related Facility) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supported Madagascar's participation in this trade show.

Multiple agreements cooperation and exchanges

Actors and professionals of the sector met in South Africa for three days of exchanges, meetings and presentations around the most interesting tourist destinations and offers in the continent. Madagascar's participation in the Indaba fair should help the countries to rise to the level of the best tourist destinations in the world. Present on a 24m² stand, the representatives of the Big Island welcomed the visit of South African Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom, his Deputy Minister as well as the Honorary Consul of Madagascar in Durban, Louise FOX. According to the official figures, this edition brought together more than 1.000 exhibitors and 1.500 buyers. These figures show the interest of South African retailers and other countries for the continent's tourist products. Contacts there have thus been strengthened and new partnerships for future collaborations have materialized. The upcoming reopening of an Air line Madagascar Antananarivo-Johannesburg should, In addition, facilitate the arrival of tourists from the African continent in the Big Island.

Malagasy biodiversity makes you dream…

In recent years, Madagascar regularly appears in the top destinations that make you dream (without however being able to concretize these desires). En 2017, the New York Times has classified the Big Island among the 52 country to visit absolutely. The biggest media give the country top rankings for tourism, At view of the unique biodiversity spot it represents. Unfortunately, Again once, lack of infrastructure (and, in the first place, of connections aerial), does not allow tourists to reach Madagascar limited, in besides, in hotel capacity.

… as well as his unique landscapes in the world

The fauna and the flora Malagasy have a unique endemicity in the world. Indeed, After the separation of Madagascar from the African continent, time has preserved this nature of a certain evolution. It continued to evolve in a vacuum on this virgin island while the congeners have disappeared on the mainland. What gives the 5th largest island in the world, an endemicity rate of 70%. By elsewhere, the country conceals unprecedented geological structures such as the Tsingy of Bemaraha that fascinate scientists and tourists around the world. Registered since 1990 on the list of Unesco World Heritage, the integral nature reserve of Tsingy de Bemaraha is a protected area in western Madagascar. A another example, Isalo National Park. He is a mountain range of Jurassic sandstone, spanning almost a hundred kilometers in a north-south direction, and cut deep canyons and bristled peaks. The breathtaking landscapes offered by this park are among the "must" places to visit in Madagascar. The Boeny has also its Tsingy in Namoroka and National Parks of primary importance (PN from baie de Baly, PN d'Ankarafantsika…) which make this country one of the richest in biodiversity.

Despite the very modest results recorded in recent years (guarantor, However, of the preservation of the authenticity of the destination), tourist operators nationals mobilize to promote the destination. After Indaba, they will be present at IFTM-Top Resa (in October in Paris) and soon in Changsha in China for the Sino-African Economic and Trade Expo which takes place will hold 27 to the 29 June.

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