The Reunion Tourism Office central reservation department
welcomed yesterday new service providers to their extensive list of existing
partners, affirming that tourism remains a growth sector on this French Indian
Ocean island.
New are the Villa Ote, a colonial style guest house
situated in the Entre-Deux. Three bedrooms open onto a living library where a
reading area and a coffee corner is available to visitors. Vacationers can
enjoy breakfast served outside on the terrace on the ground level or in the
exotic garden of the house. Villa Ote also offers a table d'hôte evening meal
which gives guests the opportunity to enjoy a tasty and creative cuisine, home-cooking
style. Ote The Villa has an infinity pool and a spa, offering hikers relaxing
excursion parties on the many trails in the village.
Also new is the Domaine de Cafe Grille located in
Saint-Pierre which offers guided tours of the botanical garden. This location
takes visitors back in time to trace the history of the great culture that has
made La Reunion. At the heart of a garden of four acres, visitors will discover
shrubs rich in colors that bloom extensively throughout the year. With flowering
vines, bamboo, and palms, walkers will appreciate the biodiversity which can be
found there. For those peckish or outright hungry, the Domaine de Cafe Grille
offers tasty local dishes and, of course, coffee and croissants.
Reunion, one of France’s regions in the Indian Ocean –
Mayotte is the other one – has, over the past years, made determined efforts to
move its tourism industry away from the past nearly total reliance of the
French domestic market, from where home airline Air Austral connects 12 times a
week from Charles De Gaulle in Paris to the island’s main airport Roland Garros
in the capital St. Denis. Agreements with South Africa for a Visa Waiver
Program have born fruits and seen visitor numbers from there increase in leaps
and bounds and a similar deal is in the making now for China and reportedly
some other countries, too.
Reunion’s attractions, from the sandy beaches to the
rugged interior and active volcano Piton de la Fournaise, can be accessed via
www.reunion.fr and the various links to service providers found there.
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