It is largely credited to the persistence of the President of Reunion Island Tourism, Didier Robert, who is presently also the President of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization, who over the p
It is largely credited to the persistence of the President of Reunion Island Tourism, Didier Robert, who is presently also the President of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization, who over the past years relentlessly pushed the tourism agenda in Paris and had last year already obtained concessions that South African citizens could visit Reunion on a Visa Waiver Program, that the government in Paris has now consented to special procedures which will allow Chinese citizens to enter Reunion Island on a tourist visa with just 48 hours needed to process the same. A special ministerial decree in February last year opened the doors for South Africans to enter entirely visa-free which led to a significant rise in arrival numbers of over one-third on a year-on-year comparison and vastly improved load factors on flights between Johannesburg and St. Denis’ Roland Garros International Airport on the island.