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| Tourist destinations in the Great South will be highlighted in the “Big South” project. |
Tourist destinations in the Great South regions will be developed within the framework of the “Big South” concept. The opening and reopening of regional flights are under study.
Regional flights and private flights in perspective. This is the essential element of highlighting the “Big South” or “Great South” concept explained by the teams of the Madagascar National Tourism Office (ONTM) and the Toliara Regional Tourism Office ( ORTU). These teams were on an Eductour in the Atsimo-Andrefana region and took the opportunity to inform the local authorities about the “Big South” project.
“The “Big South” concept is a new tourism development strategy. This is a project aimed at promoting the Great South by including the magnificent regions of Isalo, Atsimo-Andrefana, Anôsy, Androy and Morondava which has recently joined the concept,” explains ORTU. The key tourist circuits in these regions would be much more closely linked. To do this, air transport is the best alternative to allow the movement of tourists.
“The use of special aircraft to connect Tolagnaro, Ambovombe, Toliara, Isalo and Morondava is being studied to develop the “Big South” project. Meetings in high places will take place shortly to discuss the ins and outs,” says the regional director of Tourism Atsimo-Andrefana, Abdou Soamadou. Regional flights connecting Toliara to South Africa, Toliara to Milan in Italy as well as the reopening of the Reunion-Tolagnaro-Toliara line will also be negotiated.
Advantages
The Atsimo-Andrefana region says it is enthusiastic about supporting ORTU in all its tourism development actions, in particular seeking solutions to domestic flight problems. The four weekly flights linking Toliara to the capital are often disrupted, leading to flight cancellations. By extension, it was announced that a public-private partnership development committee in each tourist area of Atsimo-Andrefana is being set up in order to facilitate the identification of problems encountered by operators and local communities.
Still within the framework of the implementation of the “Big South” project, the Isalo national park remains essential, as do the baobab avenue and the assets of the Androy and Anôsy regions. Tourists from Sainte-Luce, Lokaro Bay, Nahampoana Reserve, Ranopiso Arboretum, Andohaela National Park in the Anôsy region will have the opportunity to pass by the beaches of Tsirangoty in Ambovombe or see for themselves the manufacture of cactus jam in the Androy region. The visits can continue to Itampolo, Anakao and Salary bay in the Atsimo-Andrefana region, the baobab alley in Morondava and finish with the discovery of the Isalo massifs in Ranohira. To be continued.
Mirana Ihariliva
