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The Principal Secretary for Tourism, Mrs. Anne Lafortune, led the Seychelles delegation to the 6th International Conference on Tourism Statistics held in Manila, Philippines at the end of June.
The conference organized by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), was themed “Measuring Sustainable Tourism,” in line with the UN’s declaration of the year 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism Development.
The meeting gathered ministers, statistical chiefs, policy experts and statisticians dedicated to sustainable tourism. In the case of Seychelles, PS Lafortune was accompanied by Mrs. Bernice Senaratne, the Director for Policy, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ms. Sheena Saldahna a statistician from the National Bureau of Statistics and Ms. Kathleen Nicette, also a statistician from the Central Bank of Seychelles.