Two Seychellois representing the tourism sector will be visiting India on a familiarisation tour of the country’s tourism offerings.

Anna Butler-Payette, the managing director for 7 Degrees South, and Jerome Dogley, producer and director for the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), will attend the International Travel and Tourism Mart at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from September 26-28.

Mr Dogley, who is also the host of SBC’s Check-In programme, and Mrs Butler-Payette will also meet officials from the Indian tourism ministry and visit a number of tourism-oriented destinations.

The trip has been entirely funded by India’s tourism ministry.

According to the Indian High Commission, the tour is a follow-up to the visit of Y.K. Jain, the director of India’s tourist office in Johannesburg, who came to Seychelles earlier this year to promote tourism from Seychelles to India. 

The air tickets for the 10-day visit were presented to Mrs Butler-Payette and Mr Dogley by the Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra in a small ceremony last week.

During that same ceremony, an officer of the Seychelles People's Defence Forces (SPDF), Mr Pat Michel Marie, who will be attending a Petty Officers Radio course in India, was also presented with his airline ticket by H.E. Mishra.

The course, which started on Monday September 22, is being conducted by the Signal School, INS Venduruthy, and it will run until February 28, 2004.

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