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New Seychelles Tourism Minister sworn in New Seychelles Tourism Minister sworn in

Sylvestre Radegonde, the new Tourism Minister for the Seychelles, will also hold the portfolio of Foreign Affairs – a marked departure from the past government where Tourism was enjoined by Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine.

The new Minister, in his first address yesterday to the nation after being sworn in, urged the tourism industry of the archipelago to move beyond sea, sun and natural environment in order to broaden the appeal for tourists to come and visit the country.

Meanwhile has the Seychelles government also adjusted the guidelines for visiting tourists in regard of COVID19 protocols.

Countries from which visitors are permitted to travel to Seychelles

Changes to the current lists are effective from 16th November 2020

Category 1 Australia Israel Pakistan Botswana Japan Qatar Burundi Kenya Rwanda Cambodia Latvia Saudi Arabia China Liechtenstein Singapore Cote d’Ivoire Malawi South Africa Cuba Malaysia Republic of Korea Cyprus Maldives Sri Lanka Egypt Malta Thailand Estonia Mauritius Vietnam Finland Monaco Zambia Ghana New Zealand Zimbabwe Iceland Niger Ireland Norway Category 2 Austria Switzerland France United Arab Emirates Germany United Kingdom Italy Changes to the list 1. Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland have been moved to Category 2

2. Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Portugal and Sweden have been removed from Category 1

3. Cuba, Israel, Japan, Maldives, Malta, Saudi Arabia and Zambia have been added to Category 1

Note that conditions of travel and stay for visitors from Category 1 and Category 2 countries are available at www. health. gov. sc and www. tourism. gov. sc. Visitors are reminded that application for Health Travel Authorisation must be made at https://seychelles. govtas. com/ The Health Travel Authorisation received from this service authorises travel to Seychelles. Authorisation to enter Seychelles, and specific conditions, are determined by the relevant officers on arrival.

Source: atcnews.org