Seychelles and Beachcomber Ste. Anne Resort are to receive further European publicity with the visit this week(July 28 - August 3) of a British television crew.

Visiting Seychelles for the popular Good Morning TV (GMTV) programme, the four strong film crew will be staying on Ste Anne from August 4 to 10.

With a focus on the beauty of Seychelles' natural environment, the crew will spend a day on La Digue, visit the Vallée de Mai on Praslin, the Mission Lodge, carry out a coastal tour of Mahe and enjoy lunch on Round Island.

The footage captured by the film crew is to be used on five consecutive days by GMTV and the resultant publicity is sure to be enjoyed by Seychelles, Beachcomber and Mason's Travel, which is handling the film crew's logistics.

Having recently played host to competition winners from the Das Bild German newspaper, a group of South African journalists, a Clarins make-up launch and a party of over forty Italian travel agents, the publicity generated by the GMTV visit, in another of Seychelles biggest tourist markets, is far from unprecedented for the Ste. Anne Resort.

Also involved in the visit is the Seychelles Tourism Marketing Association (STMA),  which is sponsoring the group's trip to La Digue, the entrance fee to the Vallée de Mai and is hosting a lunch at the Vye Marmit.

Ms Jenny Harris-Beggs, STMA's head of marketing said that the visit would help publicise Seychelles amongst the GMTV audience, which, at over 4 million, represents a huge promotion for Seychelles.

She also confirmed that, while the trip will focus on Beachcomber, it will also try to take in all of the other highlights that Seychelles has to offer.

According to Ms Harris-Beggs the British tourist market, along with the German and South African markets, remains positive and there has been no noticeable decline in bookings. Ms Harris-Beggs said that, judging by forward bookings, the UK market will continue to remain positive, at least into the near future.

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