The Seychelles: Country Profile


Communications/Media:

Telephone/fax, cell phones, local TV, radio, daily newspapers.

Conference facilities:

600-seat Conference Centre in Victoria.

Security:

Very good. Just don't leave valuables in an open car or on the beach when you go swimming.

Gold Card:

A Seychelles Gold Card is to be introduced on January 1, 1999. Costing US$100, the Gold Card will be a one-off purchase, covering as many visits to the Seychelles as the holder wishes to make, the airport/port departure tax and entry to a wide range of National Parks, World Heritage Sites and other protected areas.

By David Holt-Biddle

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Page: 1 Paradise Islands
Prosaically speaking, the Seychelles are a group of islands of either granitic or coraline origin, scattered across the north western Indian Ocean. In more poetic terms, they have been described as both 'Paradise' and the 'Garden of Ed ...

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The most accessible is the St Anne Marine National Park off Mahe, a splendid excursion for diving, snorkelling, swimming, sunning and some remarkably good al fresco lunching. If you are even vaguely aquaphobic, there is a semi-submersible craft in whic ...