Madagascar Tourism Board organized a four-city roadshow in India
Madagascar Tourism Board in collaboration with Air Madagascar had their first sales mission in India with its four-city roadshow in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore.
Madagascar’s beauty is so bountiful that a lifetime would not be enough to encompass them all. It is one of those rare destinations with the art of conjuring up your dream of getting away to discover unknown places and cultures. The natural heritage of Madagascar is incredibly rich with 80% of its wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.
Madagascar Tourism Board in collaboration with Air Madagascar had their first sales mission in India with its four-city roadshow in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore.
In an exclusive interview to Safari Plus, President and Chairman of Madagascar Tourism Board Office, Mr. Narijao Boda highlighted the destination’s unique offering and also to educate travel trade on the same and thereby attracting a large number of Indians to the Island country.
Mr. Narijao Boda said, “We are happy to enter the India market as both the countries have cultural connect it will be easy to understand the requirement of this potential market. We very well understand the strong outbound of India and look forward to working closely with the local partners. We are in plans for the familiarization trip to Madagascar, to the selected travel trade and media. The segments we want to welcome are honeymooner and nature enthusiast to explore Madagascar.”
At present there is no direct connectivity but Air Madagascar came with the good news welcome India market with the Direct flights connecting India’s commercial capital with Madagascar’s capital town Antananarivo.
Commenting on connecting India and Madagascar, Mr. Rabaritsialonina Jaona, Overseas Sales Manager of Air Madagascar said, “We are excited to announce that by June 2020 Air Madagascar will connect both countries with the direct flight between Mumbai and Antananarivo the capital city of Madagascar. The direct flight will be of 6 hours journey bringing in Island Country more closer to the travelers heart.”
Madagascar, an Island country offering a wealth of unique biodiversity fosters the development of outstanding plant and wildlife that includes 43 National Parks, 294 bird species, 6 endemic baobab species, around one hundred lemur species and over 1000 species of orchids. There are abundances of adventure activities one can enjoy in Madagascar, to name few are - bird watching, trekking, hiking, scuba diving, sport fishing, kite surfing, sailing, whale watching, motorbike, Quad, and Mountain bike trekking.
