Madagascar’s protected area forests have 2.5km buffer zone forests surrounding them that also need urgent protection.

The study reveals that while Madagascar's tourism helps its economy, it inadvertently causes deforestation in buffer zones of protected areas. Without affecting the core protected forests, ...

Seychelles reinforced its dedication to regional tourism collaboration through its participation in the General Assembly of the Vanilla Islands, held concurrently with the International Tourism Fair ...

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has always believed in tourism as a key industry for Madagascar and for the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands. Madagascar has a new President. The Madagascar’s ...

44,000 direct jobs and 300,000 indirect jobs in the tourism sector have been threatened by the Covid-19 pandemic, this is the report of the Madagascar Multisectoral Emergency Plan published by the ...

Madagascar’s Nosy Be was recently identified as a hotspot for whale sharks, which could boost the island’s ecotourism to rival the likes of global whale shark hotspots in Tanzania and Mozambique. One ...

Since the reopening of borders in April 2022, tourism in Madagascar has been slowly regaining momentum after two years of isolation from the rest of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, though lack ...

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai has visited Madagascar to express the Organization's full support to the tourism sector. Madagascar’s tourism is facing a ...

If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping into a real-life nature documentary, then Madagascar should be on your list. This island nation off the southeast coast of Africa feels like a world of its own — ...

ANTANANARIVO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Madagascar increased by 20 percent in 2016, bringing numbers back to visitor levels last seen before a 2009 coup, the Ministry of ...

Known as the biggest fish in the world, whale sharks can grow up to 65 feet (20 meters) in length and are locally know as ‘marokintana’ which translates as “to have many stars.” Known as the biggest ...