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| | Par:- Cederix Babajee
On 06/08/2009 |
Les derniers chiffres des arrivées touristiques ne sont guère encourageants.
En effet, les arrivées pour les six premiers mois de 2009 accusent une baisse de 9,3% par rapport à 2008 pour la même période. Ce qui, à mon avis, est alarmant. Car l’année dernière, on commençait déjà à subir les effets de la crise financière mondiale. Les chiffres de cette année ne sont qu’une continuité de la descente aux enfers de ce secteur clé de notre économie.
Certes, le ministre du Tourisme et son équipe n’ont pas chômé. Dont des campagnes promotionnelles agressives auprès des opérateurs internationaux. Mais ces opérateurs ne sont que des pourvoyeurs de potentiels voyageurs.
Eux-mêmes ont besoin de vendre les destinations. Peu importe laquelle. Le fait est que les voyageurs habituels, pour une bonne partie, s’abstiennent de quitter leurs pays.
Les solutions éventuelles ne sont qu’infimes, et oui! Car pour qu’il y ait un regain d’activités dans le secteur, le voyageur va d’abord attendre de se sentir en sécurité. Et je parle là que de sécurité financière.
Cependant, le combat pour qu’il y ait une reprise des activités touristiques n’est pas perdu d’avance. Il va falloir s’armer de patience et d’inventivité, le tout étalé sur le moyen terme. Les effets de la crise en l’Europe, notre principale source d’arrivées touristiques, sont toujours perceptibles. Il est donc normal que les Européens ne vont pas voyager tout de suite. Pour un retour normal des choses, il faudra attendre…
Entre temps, au lieu d’investir massivement dans la promotion de notre île en tant que destination, les autorités devraient davantage se pencher sur le sort des petits et moyens hôteliers, des opérateurs de bateaux de plaisance, des agences de location de voiture, des restaurants et magasins… pour que ceux-ci ne ferment pas boutique et puissent tenir jusqu’à une réelle relance de leurs activités.
Une distribution adéquate du «stimulus package» et une flexibilité en termes de redevance à l’Etat est plus que nécessaire pour venir à la rescousse de ceux qui, il y a à peine deux ans, ont réellement cru que d’ici 2015 l’île Maurice accueillera deux millions de touristes!
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| Eric Lolive | | | recent message, il est possible que je vous ai donne la mauvaise adresse. | | | Eric Lolive | | | La non distribution des courriers de France, d'Australie ,du Canada et d'Angleterre augmente d' une proportion alarmante. les responsables ont etes avertis mais sans resultat depuis Octobre 2008 malgre un plethore de correspondence courrante
e. | | | john | | | Don't kill the" Goose that lay the Golden Egg". Mauritius depends on Tourism and it is the major contributor to the Island's economy. We hear daily about Tourists being ripped off with exorbitant prices, theft, on the beach and in hotels and apartments. What a shame! Holiday in Mauritius is not cheap, compared to other destinations, such as the Caribean, Egypt , Far East or the Middle East. I have been to all those places, and mostly to all the Caribean Islands and I feel safer than being in Mauritius. What steps are being taken by the Tourist Board, Government and the Police. Answer is practically "NOTHING". In order to attract investmens and to stimulate the economy, I feel that the Island is being "SOLD" to foreigners. I feel I am a STRANGER in my own little island. It is becoming a MECCA for drug barons, a HUB for money Laundering. When we are promoting TOURISM, do we tell them the real truth, of course not ,otherwise the tousists will vote woth both feet. If the System itself is ROTTEN to the core,what hope do we have for the future generation. If Tourism is DOOMED, so is our precious Island. I suddenly open my eyes " Is it a Dream or REALITY. Be it NAVIN,PAUL,PRAVIN or XAVIER, remember,foremost you are the general public's servant, irrespective of any P.Party. So Do something about it. Dont alienate the TOURISTS, for the sake of our future generation. DONT DELAY, ACT TODAY. | | | Philippe | | | je pense qu'il ne s'agit pas uniquement de faire venir de nombreux touristes, encore faut il respecter ceux qui sont à Maurice. ceux qui se font voler leurs effets personnels et leur argent. Ceux qui se font arnaquer par certains taxis qui ne pense qu'à leur prendre le maximum de fric.
Ceux que ces memes taxis emmenent dans des magasins factory shop ou on leur vend a prix d'or des copies de marques made in China
Tout cela est lamentable. pendant que Mr Duval fait un super boulot pour notre ile.certains touristes reviennent en Europe en faisant une tres mauvaise publicite sur Maurice à cause de certaines personnes sans moralité qui ne pensent qu'à l'argent facile . c'est vraiment nul. Faites quelque chose. Merci | | | JOHOR | | | From: JOHOR
Tourisme en danger- Une distribution adéquate du «stimulus package»
Singapore and the Resilience Package- $20.5 billion Resilience Package,
11 February 2009, Singapore – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced full details of BOOST (Building On Opportunities to Strengthen Tourism) – its S$90 million initiative aimed at helping the tourism sector ride through the challenging times at its Tourism Industry Conference. STB also shared its forecast for the sector in 2009; 9 – 9.5 million in visitor arrivals and S$12 – S$12.5 billion in tourism receipts. Singapore’s success so far is a product of innovative ideas combined with close collaboration between the public and private sectors. Singapore Tourism Board (STB) organised a series of seminars to create greater awareness of the Government-wide schemes and initiatives available, and how industry members can have access to them. The tourism sector needs fresh ideas from industry players and their added support to give it a boost during these challenging times. Beyond the downturn, a partnership serves well as to develop tourism offerings that differentiate from other destinations. If we can rally together, as we have done during previous crises, confident that we will grow as a sector, with all industry players standing to benefit. Singapore Residents as "tourism ambassadors" Many Singapore residents have embraced the transformation of Singapore’s tourism landscape as the city becomes a more exciting place to live. And they play an important role as Singapore’s tourism ambassadors. Through local promotions under the campaign, STB aims to encourage local residents to also get out and enjoy Singapore’s tourism offerings and encourage more friends and family overseas to visit Singapore. For a start, during the weekends in February, 2009 free tickets to selected Singapore attractions are up for grabs, and Singapore residents were able to benefit from 7% GST savings at participating retailers. These promotions been launched in local media on 12 February, with more being revealed throughout the year. Singapore and the integrated resort scheme- Singapore’s tourism sector is a sector that continues to see job growth, backed by the strong pipeline of tourism projects and the positive outlook of the sector beyond the mid-term. 12,000 tourism jobs are available this year in new hotels, the integrated resorts and tourism-related sectors. When the two integrated resorts are completed, 20,000 tourism jobs will be available. Singapore Government funding: Funding – Increased funding support for businesses. To help companies alleviate their business costs, STB has enhanced its current assistance schemes and raised its funding support. Through the enhanced BE in Singapore (BEIS) scheme, MICE companies can gain more cost savings, as STB is now defraying a higher proportion of events’ project costs and providing a greater scope of funding support. STB has also provided a 50% reduction over last year’s participation fees for STB-led leisure and MICE tradeshows, and waived tourist guide and travel agent licence fees. Boosting tourism businesses in 2009. STB’s S$90 million BOOST complements the Singapore government’s unveiled $20.5 billion Resilience Package, which contains measures that aim to save jobs and help viable companies stay afloat. Tourism businesses in Singapore can tap on the broad-based schemes under the Resilience Package, as well as others that are directly relevant to the tourism sector. These include the enhanced Air Hub Development Fund by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, and the GEMS-Plus program just launched by SPRING Singapore, STB, the Workforce Development Agency, NTUC and Institute of Service Excellence at SMU.There are six key thrusts to BOOST. It aims to boost demand in travel to Singapore, the government’s funding support to the sector, the sector’s capabilities, outreach to Singapore residents, partnership with the industry and the future of the sector. Measures under BOOST include tactical marketing campaigns, as well as enhanced assistance schemes, developed in collaboration with tourism industry leaders and partners. BOOST Demand – Driving visitorship to Singapore. Destinations worldwide are riding on the same global trends which show that tourists prefer short-haul travel and destinations offering greater value, as consumers become more cost-conscious. Singapore therefore ensure it remains desirable and competitive as a destination to drive demand for travel into Singapore.Capturing greater mindshare and growing market share are critical to boosting visitorship in 2009. To do so, STB has developed two campaigns targeting leisure, as well as business and MICE visitors this year. “2009 Reasons to enjoy Singapore” is a global marketing campaign under which visitors can enjoy travel packages and promotions that offer quality and exciting experiences at value-for-money prices. To date, some promotions offering attractive airfare and hotel packages have already been confirmed and will be launched globally as part of the campaign on 19 February. STB is currently working with more stakeholders including airlines such as Singapore Airlines, travel agents, travel portals such as Zuji, attractions and retailers to develop more offers. It also hopes to attract more partners throughout the year. To do so, STB is offering a cost-sharing incentive under this campaign. Businesses can receive co-funding support for advertising and promotion, as well as leverage STB’s extensive global network to jointly market the deals. Meanwhile, consumers will stand to benefit from the attractive travel packages offered by STB and industry partners, comprising airfare, hotel, attractions and retail offers.STB place emphasis on four major regional markets – China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia – and one emerging market, Vietnam. Within these markets, key customer segments targeted include Free and Independent Travellers (FIT), group travellers and MICE visitors. Given the large flow of stopover traffic at Changi Airport, STB also focus on stopover travellers from Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. To create more buzz about Singapore, STB leverage online media and viral marketing channels such as Facebook to launch attention-grabbing promotions under the “2009 Reasons to enjoy Singapore” campaign. “Fly on US” is the first major online promotion, and offers S$500,000 worth of free air tickets to Singapore, as well as S$10,000 cash to be won monthly. The campaign been launched on 19 February 2009 and ended-May 2009. STB has also developed a MICE attendance building campaign to drive MICE visitorship in 2009 and grow Singapore’s market share within this segment. Under this initiative, STB work with key events to strengthen their programmes. These enhanced events then marketed to their respective target audience in key regional markets through joint promotional efforts. Tourism is one of the largest service sectors of Singapore. As of 2007, the tourism industry contributed 3% to Singapore’s GDP, and generated US$ 9.4 Billion in tourism receipts. This clearly shows the important role tourism industry plays in Singapore’s economy. To ensure that tourism remains a key economic pillar, a bold target, Tourism 2015, was unveiled in the year 2005. The major objectives of the initiative are to triple tourism receipts to US$ 30 Billion, doubling visitor arrivals to 17 Million, and creating an additional 100,000 jobs in the services sector by 2015, according to “Opportunities in Singapore Tourism Industry (2007-2009)”.Singapore 2009 Full-Year Projections: 2009 full-year projections 2009 full year visitor arrivals are projected to be within the range of 9.0 – 9.5 million, with travellers expected to stay cautious as uncertainties continue about Swine Flu and the general economic environment. Projected ranges for 2009 full-year tourism receipts of Sin$12.0 to Sin$12.5 billion remain unchanged. Indonesia, P.R. China, India and Australia are expected to be the top four largest tourism receipts generating markets in 2009. A word on Changi Airport- Changi Airport is one of the top airport and is an amazing place to spend hours between connecting flights. Have a massage or a beauty treatment and supply internet for free. Restaurants are everywhere. You can even arrive like a VIP and order an escort to get you through immigration and customs. There are two business centres.
| | | anita | | | A l'heure actuelle , les gens font plus attention à leur budget de vacances.Maurice est une destination
très chère par rapport à d'autres pays.
En plus on ne sent pas en sécurité à Maurice,vol ,agressions sont devenues courantes .Car on économise toute l'année pour passer des vacances tranquilles.On veut pas rester cloitrer à l'hotel.Nous avons toujours conseillé nos amis d'aller à Maurice pour les vacances,mais maintenant nous n'osons plus car l'ile Maurice n'est plus comme avant.Deux millions de touristes, il faut attendre longtemps.Beaucoup de Bla bla mais rien de concret.
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