UAE visits to Seychelles on a rise

The Seychelles Tourism Board Office in Dubai confirmed that visitor numbers from the GCC region already surpassed 2016 targets with a record of 25,293 visitors from the GCC as of October 2016.

TT Bureau

The Seychelles Islands has shown continuous growth in visitor arrivals from the GCC region over the past two years, building on its consistent status as a top feeder market and dream holiday option. In 2014, the destination welcomed a total of 18,668 visitors to the Island, growing to 27,089 visitors in 2015. Today, the Tourism Board Office in Dubai has noted that in the first 10 months of 2016, figures have already surpassed 2016 targets with a record of 25,293 visitors from the GCC as of October 2016. The figure is a testament to the passion and dedication that the Seychelles Tourism Board Office in Dubai has in imagining and delivering a schedule of highly engaging activities and events.
The Seychelles Islands recently demonstrated its status in the UAE with a high profile reception for the CEO of the Tourism Board, Sherin Naiken. Naiken says, “The UAE will remain a very important market for Seychelles as we move into 2017. 2016 has been another remarkable year for us and we are very pleased to have been able to grow our market share in the UAE in a significant manner. I would like to extend my heartfelt thank you to all of our partners and collaborators. We are a firm believer that it is in working together that we can guarantee success.”
Ahmed Fathallah, the Seychelles Tourism Board Office in Dubai Regional Manager and initiator of the event said: “We have reached our targets for the second consecutive year, an achievement that inspires the team and me to arrange even more events of this nature as a way of acknowledging and thanking our valued partners across media, trade, consumer and corporate sectors. Our success is tribute to our combined efforts.”