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(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles has won the GIST Green Travel Award for its efforts to preserve its natural beauty and protect wildlife with sustainable tourism at the Trade and Consumer Fair BIT 2022 in Milan. Tourism Seychelles – the marketing arm of the tourism department – said on Wednesday that the island nation walked away from […]
HRH Queen Elizabeth II dies. – April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022 The sad news was announced from the Queen’s Scottish residence, Balmoral in Aberdeenshire, that Queen Elizabeth II has died. Queen Elizabeth II on 6th September 2022 The monarch came to the British throne in 1953, also ruling over Seychelles as it […]
Congratulations Seychelles!!!!! Seychelles’ Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 has won a gold award for Best Exhibition Design in the sustainability thematic district, presented in a ceremony on Thursday on the closing day of the event. In presenting his heartiest congratulations to the Seychelles Expo 2020 team, Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan said that “as one of the smallest island […]
Seychelles News Agency) – Changes have been made to the transportation regulation for Seychelles’ La Digue Island to make the place more environmentally friendly, a top official said on Thursday. Unlike on Mahe and Praslin, the two most populated islands of Seychelles, the main modes of transportation on La Digue island are mostly bicycles, […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Vaccinated visitors to Seychelles will no longer need a negative PCR test to travel to the island nation as of March 15, after the Ministry of Health revised the entry and stay conditions on Monday. Travellers to Seychelles who are “fully vaccinated,” according to the ministry’s advisory, are adults who have had two […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – A total of 8.5 million glass bottles of alcoholic beverages have been collected by redeeming centres on Seychelles’ three main islands in a recycling scheme that started last year, said a government official on Wednesday. The director for waste management and standards, Fredrick Kinloch, told reporters that the figure was unexpected but shows […]
The Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) – In the interest of the safety of flights and welfare of the public, motorists on Praslin are being urged to comply to the traffic lights positioned at the stretch of road leading to the domestic airport at Amitié, Grand Anse. This is after the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – An overnight curfew and closing time for bars and casinos will be removed while family gatherings are permitted as of March 1 as health authorities in Seychelles relax measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Monday […]
Welcome to Inside Seychelles, a new digital platform where you can find out all that’s happening in and around Seychelles. You might be planning a trip to Seychelles, already here on holiday or even live here. We welcome everyone and hope that you will find the latest info on what do you, where to go […]
Seychelles News Agency) – The clock tower in the capital Victoria has stopped chiming and is in need of repair, said the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SNICHA) on Monday. The Victoria clock tower, made out of cast iron, is a national monument and a historical icon that sits in the heart […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – On the 50th anniversary of the opening of Seychelles International Airport at Pointe Larue, a major upgrade has been designed to cater for the increase in traffic at the airport, a top government official said on Friday. A revision of the 2009 airport master plan was approved recently by the cabinet of ministers, making way […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Motorists breaking traffic laws in Seychelles will face heftier fines from February 1, a top official said on Tuesday. Offences that used to cost SCR 200 ($15), such as parking on the pavement, will now cost SCR 500 ($37.5) and offences like using a mobile phone while driving, not wearing a […]
