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Mauritius in comeback after oil spill China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-12-29 00:00
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.
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.
Source: Xinhua|
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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.