Africa prepares for carnival season
afrol News, 1 March - Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.
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Record tourist arrival numbers in Seychelles
afrol News, 18 January - Seychelles set a new record for arrivals in 2010 with 174,529 visitors. This is the highest number of visitors ever recorded during a year on the tropical islands and is some 17,000 higher than in 2009.
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Piracy costs Seychelles millions
afrol News, 8 December - Pirate activity in Seychelles' waters is very limited, but nevertheless it costs the small nation millions of dollars in lost revenues from fishing and tourism, and in extra transport costs.
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Seychelles gets its 1st university
afrol News, 30 November - Seychelles, a nation of only 85,000 inhabitants, yesterday inaugurated its first university. The small nation hopes to reverse the "brain drain" resulting from students having to travel abroad.
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Seychelles rescues piracy hostages
afrol News, 20 November - The Seychelles Coast Guard today rescued 7 Seychellois fishermen from the hands of Somali pirates in an operation coordinated with European anti-piracy navy and air units.
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Seychelles to organise "prestigious" carnival
afrol News, 2 November - Seychelles is planning an international carnival scheduled to take place in its capital Victoria in March 2011, echoing the time when Seychelles first became a melting pot of different cultures from the entire world.
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Seychelles, from recession to new boom
afrol News, 29 October - Already early this year, the Seychelles economy showed it had recovered from last year's recession through tough reform programmes. Now, new figures show the Indian Ocean state is entering a boom
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Indian Ocean tourism cooperation limping
afrol News, 7 October - Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion and Comoros; together these Indian Ocean islands could be a powerful travel destination by a united marketing drive. But main players admit high-profiled cooperation talks are only empty words.
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Seychelles opens 1st "carbon neutral reserve"
afrol News, 28 September - Cousin Island in Seychelles is launched as the world's first "carbon neutral natural reserve" at the national 2010 Tourism Expo. Eco-tourists flying in from overseas are assured their flights' CO2 emissions are reduced elsewhere.
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Seychelles takes lead in piracy fight
afrol News, 13 July - The Seychelles islands, which estimates it is losing 4 percent of GDP due to piracy from far away Somalia, has grouped affected national, regional and international stakeholders to lead the fight against piracy.
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Seychelles economy growing again
afrol News, 18 May - The economy of Seychelles, which was hard hit by crisis last year, is now quickly recovering from recession, according to a new report. Growth will hit 4 percent already this year.
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Seychelles embraces SA tourist market
afrol News, 13 May - Still restructuring its tourism-dependent economy, Seychelles has found that nearby South Africa could become among its largest markets. South Africans show great interest in the destination and can afford it.
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Seychelles, Réunion tourism cooperation pays off
afrol News, 9 April - Island hopping is no longer defined to the Caribbean or Aegean, but growing more popular in the Indian Ocean. Seychelles has found that tourism marketing on the close-by French island Réunion and a tighter cooperation is gaining quick results.
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Seychelles downs pirates, rescues crews
afrol News, 30 March - In a successful attack on a pirate vessel, the coastguard of Seychelles overwhelmed armed Somali pirates and managed to free Iranian and Seychellois crews and their two fishing vessels. President James Michel had ordered the attack himself.
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Seychelles, SA promote joint travel packages
afrol News, 12 March - Tourism boards in Seychelles and South Africa have teamed up to promote joint travel packages. European and American tourists are to be offered Seychelles beaches, South African safaris and the city of Cape Town in one package.
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» 03.12.2009 - Seychelles rejects financial piracy allegations
» 11.11.2009 - Somali pirates seize SA bound cargo ship
» 09.11.2009 - W/B helps Seychelles out of economic deep end
» 02.11.2009 - Sliding Seychelles secures growth in 2010
» 23.10.2009 - Seychelles takes additional measures against piracy
» 18.09.2009 - University of Seychelles takes off
» 18.08.2009 - Seychelles must tighten macroeconomic stability, IMF
» 19.05.2009 - IMF encouraged by Seychelles' reforms success, but warns...
» 29.04.2009 - Seychelles arrests 9 suspected pirates
» 01.04.2009 - IMF approves disbursement of Seychelles’ stand-by arrangement
» 19.01.2009 - Private sector takes lead of Sychelles tourism
» 10.12.2008 - Soaring interest rates in Seychelles
» 09.12.2008 - Calls for national unity govt in Seychelles
» 27.11.2008 - Seychelles trims down public service
» 20.11.2008 - Seychelles starts negotiating with creditors
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