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Which country is Seychelles?

Seychelles is an archipelago country located in the Indian Ocean in East Africa.

Seychelles is located in the western Indian Ocean and consists of 1 15 islands. The coastal area is 400,000 square kilometers, and the marine exclusive economic zone covers an area of 6.5438+0.4 million square kilometers. 3.8 degrees south latitude ~ 65438 degrees south latitude+00.5 degrees east longitude ~ 55.7 degrees east longitude.

It is 28 13km away from Mombasa port 1593km in the west, 925km away from Madagascar in the southwest and India across the sea in the south. The land area is 455.8 square kilometers, the territorial sea area is about 400,000 square kilometers, and the exclusive marine economic zone area is about 6.5438+0.4 million square kilometers.

Seychelles has a tropical rain forest climate, which is a typical tropical rain forest climate feature. The weather is hot and rainy, with an average temperature of 24 degrees. The dry season and the rainy season are very different. Seychelles has a dry season from June to September. The dry season of tropical rain forest is characterized by windy, little rain and relatively cool climate.

Tourism in Seychelles

Cyprus has beautiful scenery, and more than 50% of the whole territory has been turned into a nature reserve, enjoying the reputation of "tourist paradise". The main attractions are Mahe Island, Pralan Island, Ladigo Island and Bird Island. Tourism is the largest economic pillar in Cyprus, directly or indirectly creating about 72% of GDP and 30% of employment opportunities.

In 20 19, Cyprus received 384,000 foreign tourists. In 2020, affected by the epidemic, the number of tourists to Cyprus decreased to 1 1.4 million, a year-on-year decrease of 70. 1%. In 20021year, the number of tourists to Cyprus reached1830,000, up 59% year-on-year. Tourists mainly come from Russia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Germany, France and other countries.

In recent years, the Cypriot tourism sector has paid more and more attention to developing emerging Asian tourism markets, such as China, Indian and Gulf countries. There are 32 large star-rated hotels and 62 small and medium-sized hotels in Cyprus. Many companies from Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the Gulf region are building star-rated hotels in Cyprus.

Please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Seychelles for the above contents.