Seychelles Tourism Sector Review : Sustaining Growth in a Successful Tourism Destination

The Seychelles tourism sector today is a success story. No doubt, the Seychelles has been endowed with wonderful natural tourism assets in its beautiful beaches and mountain backdrops, but its success has also been due to good governance and strategic policy choices. With 24.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) directly attributable to tourism, the Seychelles must ensure that its tourism sector will continue to be competitive in the long-run. In that context, it will need to make difficult but critical choices about where the sector should be headed and how it should work towards that vision. This review of the Seychelles tourism sector has been conducted as part of a larger Indian ocean regional tourism integration study including similar reports on Mauritius, Comoros, and Madagascar. Each of these provides a brief sector overview that incorporates an up-to-date analysis of the country's tourism performance, highlights some of the sector's key challenges, and provides a select set of recommendations for addressing such challenges. The four sector reviews serve as a foundation for a synthesis policy note that addresses tourism at the regional level. This report is structured as follows: section one gives introduction to the Seychelles study; section two gives overview of the Seychelles tourism sector; section three presents key issues; section four gives recommendations; and section five gives conclusion.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-07
Subjects:	ACCOMMODATION CLASSIFICATION, ACCOMMODATION OWNERS, ACCOMMODATIONS, AIRLINES, ART, ARTS, ATTRACTIONS, BASIC, BEACHES, BIRD WATCHING, BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BUILDING DESIGN, CARNIVAL, CARRYING CAPACITY, CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, COASTAL AREAS, CRUISE, CRUISE PASSENGERS, CRUISE SHIP, CRUISE SHIPS, CRUISE TOURISM, CRUISE TOURISTS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DESTINATION MANAGEMENT, DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY, DESTINATIONS, DORMITORIES, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXCURSIONS, FAIR REPRESENTATION, FESTIVAL, FESTIVALS, FIVE-STAR HOTELS, GLOBAL TOURISM, HERITAGE, HERITAGE ACTIVITIES, HERITAGE TOURISM, HOLIDAYS, HOTEL, HOTEL ASSOCIATION, HOTEL MANAGEMENT, HOTEL ROOMS, HOTELS, IMPACT OF TOURISM, INDUCED IMPACTS, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS, INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES, LEISURE, LEISURE TOURISTS, MASTER PLAN, MEALS, MINISTRY OF TOURISM, NATIONAL PARK, NATIONAL TOURISM STRATEGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL TOURISM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, PASSENGERS, PERCEPTION, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, RECREATION, REGIONAL TOURISM, RESORT, RESORTS, RESTAURANTS, SAILING, SOUVENIRS, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, TOUR, TOUR OPERATORS, TOURISM, TOURISM ASSETS, TOURISM ASSOCIATION, TOURISM BOARD, TOURISM BUSINESSES, TOURISM COMMISSION, TOURISM COMPANIES, TOURISM COUNCIL, TOURISM DESTINATION, TOURISM DESTINATIONS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, TOURISM GROWTH, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE, TOURISM MARKET, TOURISM MARKETING, TOURISM MARKETPLACE, TOURISM MASTER PLAN, TOURISM OPERATORS, TOURISM ORGANIZATION, TOURISM POLICY, TOURISM PRODUCT, TOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM PRODUCTS, TOURISM SECTOR, TOURISM SERVICE, TOURISM SERVICE PROVIDERS, TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS, TOURISM STRATEGY, TOURISM TRADE, TOURISM TRAINING, TOURISM VALUE CHAIN, TOURISM WORKERS, TOURIST, TOURIST ARRIVALS, TOURIST EXPERIENCE, TOURISTS, TOURISTS PER YEAR, TOURS, TRANSIT PASSENGERS, TRAVEL & TOURISM, TRAVEL AGENTS, TRIP, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST, VACATION, VACATIONS, VISITATION RATES, VISITOR, VISITOR CENTRE, VISITORS, WORLD TOURISM, WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION, WORLD TRAVEL, WORLD TRAVEL & TOURISM COUNCIL, WORLD TRAVEL MARKET,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18433454/indian-ocean-islands-tourism-sector-review-seychelles http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16654
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