Mauritius

A Dutch citizen died early on Aug. 17 after suffering from a diabetic coma during a Turkish Airlines flight from Port Louis to Istanbul.

Ramduelarie Ramavadh, 68, had boarded a Turkish Airlines flight from the capital of Mauritius to Istanbul, in order to connect to a flight to Amsterdam.

A research team from the University of South Africa, led by professor Lewis Ashwal has discovered a new continent! The team, which published their findings in a scientific paper in the journal of Nature Communications, discovered pieces of a lost continent they called “Mauritia” in the Indian Ocean under the island of Mauritius.

Thomas Cook says it will double the number of agent “fam trips” for its independent partners this year.

The fam trips-abbreviated vesion of familiarisation trips- will include long haul destinations Florida and Mauritius, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Majorca, Tenerife, Santorini and Cape Verde.

The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Jan. 17, without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said. 

ANTANANARIVO - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with Mauritian PM Anerood Jugnauth on the fringes of the summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Antananarivo, thanking him for the support for Serbia's territorial integrity and non-recognition of Kosovo's independence.

Two Greek hotels were voted among the top 25 under the “all inclusive” category in TripAdvisor’s annual “2016 Travelers Choice.” Ikos Olivia and Oceania, which belong to the Ikos Resorts chain in Chalkidiki, Macedonia, took 2nd and 6th spot, respectively. The first spot was taken by hotel Excellence Playa Mujeres in Mexico, with Tamasa hotel in Mauritius coming in 3rd.

The Greek island of Santorini was voted the second best island in the world in online site ‘TripAdvisor’s’ ‘Travellers’ Choice Awards’. Crete and Rhodes are also kong the top 10 European for the site’s users.

1. Maui, Hawaii

Greece ranked 29th among the best countries in the world for visiting, according to the readers of British newspaper Telegraph.

It is also chosen as the second most popular tourist destination in Mediterranean by British travelers.

The phoenix of the fruit world must definitely be the banana. Just like the legendary miracle bird reborn from its ashes, a banana tree is reborn from its own roots every year. In reality, a banana tree is not a tree; it is only an enormous herbaceous plant, its trunk being a sturdy stem to carry the flowering head.

An Air France Boeing 777 en route from Mauritius to Paris was evacuated at Mombasa airport, Kenya, after a suspicious device was found in the plane’s toilets. Air France Chief Frederic Gagey said the fake bomb device was a cardboard box, paper and a timer and described the fake bomb placement as an “extremely aggressive act”.