A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, that ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, on Aug 10, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius－Turquoise waters, abundant marine fauna, and majestic corals.
Mauritius has rediscovered the charm of again being a tourist paradise.
Five months after the Japanese Panamanian-flagged freighter MV Wakashio struck the reef at the southeastern lagoon of Mauritius and coated the area with oil spilled by the carrier, Mauritius has almost completely cleaned up and is now reopen to the public.
While waiting to welcome new tourists, the inhabitants have regained a taste for the pleasure of the sea. At Blue Bay, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island, children currently on school holidays are enjoying the pleasures of the beach.
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Local children were swimming in the lagoon at Blue Bay, a famous Mauritian tourist attraction site that was polluted by a wide-spread oil spill after the Japanese-owned MV Wakashio freighter struck a reef in July 2020. (Photo by Ajai Daby/Xinhua)
With the turquoise water, abundant marine fauna, and majestic corals, Mauritius is once again showing all its charm of a tourist paradise five months after an oil spill.
PORT-LOUIS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) With the turquoise water, abundant marine fauna, and majestic corals, Mauritius is once again showing all its charm of a tourist paradise.
Source: Xinhua|
Editor: huaxia
by Ajai Daby
PORT-LOUIS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) Turquoise water, abundant marine fauna, majestic corals, Mauritius has rediscovered all the charm of what we know as a tourist paradise.
Five months after the Japanese Panamanian-flagged freighter MV Wakashio struck the reef at the southeastern lagoon of Mauritius, which had been covered with oil spilled by the carrier, Mauritius has almost completely cleaned up and now reopen to the public.
While waiting to welcome new tourists, the inhabitants have regained a taste for the pleasure of the sea. At Blue-Bay, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island, children currently on school holidays are enjoying the pleasures of the beach.
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Bonne nouvelle pour les habitants du Sud-Est avec l’annonce de l’ouverture du Parc marin de Blue Bay, Ile des Deux Cocos, Bois des Amourettes Public Beach. Rivière des Creoles et une partie de Pointe Jérome.
Cabinet has taken note of the reopening of the Blue Bay Marine Park, Ile des Deux Cocos, Bois des Amourettes Public Beach including the jetty, Rivière des Créoles Public Beach and only the northern part of Pointe Jérome embarkation point, in the aftermath of the MV Wakashio oil spill.
The lifting of restriction at Ile des Deux Cocos, Bois des Amourettes Public Beach including the jetty, and Rivière des Créoles Public Beach would be for recreational activities only. These activities are swimming, diving, surfing and boating. The Blue Bay Marine Park would be reopened for visitors.
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Les membres du gouvernement ont pris note de la création d’un of a Special Fund to finance the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, que la prérode de la quarantaine a été étendue au 15 février 2020, qu’il y a 24 cas de Covid-19 actifs dans les services hopsitlaier entre autres.
1. Cabinet has agreed to the setting up of a Special Fund to finance the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in the Republic of Mauritius. The Special Fund would be set up, under the Finance and Audit Act to mobilise and manage the funds required for implementing the Programme.