Month: August 2022

(Seychelles News Agency) – For the first time in its history, in 2022, Seychelles – an archipelago in the Western Indian Ocean – passed the 100,000 population mark with the latest census figures revealing a total of 100,447 inhabitants of which 84 percent are citizens of the country. This shows a 9.9 percent increase from 2010 when […]

(Seychelles News Agency) – The Seychelles’ government is considering to introduce GPS tracking bracelets for use by tourists when venturing out on hiking trails on their own. This announcement comes after a recent increase in tourists going missing on various trails on the islands, requiring large rescue missions, which at times took days to locate them. The President of […]

(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles will host for the first time the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships on September 16-18 at the Beau Vallon beach in the north of Mahe, the main island, said a top official on Tuesday. This was revealed by the principal secretary for sports, Ralph Jean-Louis, in a press conference. […]

Seychelles Biennale 2022: Solo exhibition by James Agricole opens (seychelles news agency) A solo exhibition of a Seychellois artist taking part in the Seychelles Biennale of Contemporary Art has opened at the Eden Art Space on Eden Island – a man-made island near the capital Victoria. The solo exhibition of James Agricole, a side event of […]

(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles saw a 71.6 percent increase in the arrival of yachts in 2021 compared to 2020, when the island nation was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) said recently. The SPA’s director for business development, Vincent Didon, told SNA that in 2021, 91 yachts, […]

(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles has surpassed the total number of visitor arrivals for the whole of 2021, well on the path to the recovery of its tourism industry in the seventh month of 2022, Tourism Seychelles – the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism – said on Friday. The 182,850th traveller landed in the island nation on Wednesday, July 27, making […]


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