Direct from Mayotte Island

Three more hotels for business travelers or mission (including yards) should open before 2010, is the residential hotel that Saturday businessman Aziz, owner of distributor Somaco is currently building at rue du Commerce Mamoudzou (the main city of Mayotte), the hotel at the top of Iris Place Marriage - always Mamoudzou - which is the promoter of Mauritius and the Hotel Formule 1 type that amount in the heart of the residential Senior Vallons, above the Jumbo Score, to Majicavo-LAMIRI.

Manifestations of Anjouans mainly directed against the white population of the island of Mayotte, which took place in central and Mamoudzou Kaweni area of the economy of the island at the edge of the main town , have lasted a few hours on the morning of Thursday 27 March.
The reasons for these events rather violent? The arrival by sea on the night of Wednesday to Thursday on the floor Mahorais and any irregularity of Mohamed Bacar, who held the presidency of Anjouan, Comoros Island, without having been properly elected.

The Layout and Sustainable Development (SPSD) of Mayotte is an important document for the future economic and environmental development of the island. Particularly because it allows for exceptions in relation to the "law Littoral". After being voted on 17 December 2004 by the General Council of Mayotte, it should definitely be validated by the State Council in mid-April.

Jokwe become tropical cyclone on 6 March (22h between Madagascar he spent up to Majang and Mayotte), was weakened during night and is once again a tropical storm.
The storm, after crossing the northern tip of Madagascar on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Mayotte and moves toward the south-west towards the Mozambique at an average speed of 18 km / h.
The orange alert, which lasted only a few hours was lifted on Mayotte. The transition from Jokwe south-east will be closed by heavy rain later, and some gusts of wind.

This is a little vacation but Mahoran disrupt the program of the cruise ship Costa Marina. The latter after many changes will stop in tomorrow Mayotte March 8.

In its newsletter, Météo France shall:
Jokwe is strengthened during the day to become a tropical cyclone of category 1 / 5 on the Saffir Simpson scale.
A local 15 hours it was located 190 km east-southeast of Mayotte.
The cyclone is moving west southwest at an average speed of 24km / h.
The cyclone continued to move closer to Mayotte, even if it should move to the South.

Decidedly the cruise is in vogue ... (see article in "Live in the World")!
While the cruise ship of Costa Cruises will make its last two stops of the season on the island of Mayotte, the group has already announced he will return to the island in the lagoon for the next season (from December 2008 to March 2009). But with a bigger ship: the Costa Europa, which can carry 1700 passengers with 600 crew members.

The airline Comoros Aviation, specializing in Indian Ocean, will test a direct connection Mayotte / Zanzibar. First off during school holidays Mahoran March 1 and return March 8. Second flight starting March 8, return March 15. Third flight: starting May 3, returning 10. Price of return ticket: 499 euros.
Customer particularly concerned: teachers, managers Mahorais whose purchasing power is strong.

Samira Chazal Martin was appointed special assistant for tourism in the prefecture of Mayotte. It will work particularly with the various stakeholders of tourism professionals in implementing the standards. Indeed, since 1 January 2008, Mayotte is to apply the Code of tourism, like many other codes in the metropolis. This is part of the march towards the law and the departmentalization of the island lagoon.

For two days, queues of cars from 200 to 300 lie near the seven service stations of the Total group that fuel the fuel island. Patiently, drivers waiting for hours on a hypothetical opening of the pumps.

Mayotte welcomed 44 000 tourists in 2007, against 31 000 in 2006. A very strong growth. Which should be added to double the number of cruise passengers between 2006 and 2007 (from 8000 to 16 000): the latter, coming for a day trip and do not therefore passing night Mayotte, are recorded separately.
Tourists who come to Mayotte are french vast majority (87%). Leisure 38% and business 31%.