The Tourism Authority triumph at the WTM Africa Responsible Tourism Awards

11^th April 2022 – We are pleased to announce that the Sustainable Island Mauritius, project piloted by the Tourism Authority since 2018, is the proud recipient of the Silver Distinction at the WTM Africa Responsible Tourism Awards in the category “Destinations Building Back Better Post-COVID”.

This award is a recognition of the years of work and dedication of the entire professional team who made this project possible.

The Mauritian Standard on Sustainable Tourism has now achieved the ‘GSTC-Recognised Standard’ status

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Young Entrepreneur Sisters Promote Authentic Mauritian Culture with Their Innovative and Sustainable Fashion Brand Kotpiale

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Improving Sustainaible Tourism In Mauritius through Greening the Value Chain of Tour Operators (SUS-ISLAND) is a Switch Africa grand project funded by the European Commission and led by Mauritius Tourism Authority. Its objective is to promote sustainaible tourism in Mauritius by demonstration and scaling up a self-sustaining mechanism for improving sustainaibility impacts along the value chain improving awareness and market of sustainaible tourism products.