Mauritius United Properties

www.newsnow.mu (12/03/2010)

Dertour, the German specialist for tailor-made holidays, is bringing out an eight-page supplement on Mauritius in all of Dertour Indian Ocean 2010/2011 winter brochures. The brochures have a circulation of

220,000. Dr. Karl Mootoosamy, Managing Director of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority( MTPA) together with MTPAGermany, yesterday met Mr. Jörn Krausser, Head of Product Dertour (Indian Ocean) at the tourism fair ITB 2010 in Berlin.

Dr Mootoosamy expressed his appreciation for Dertour’s enthusiastic support in selling the Mauritius product. The supplement will contain interesting tourist information about Mauritius such as sightseeing and the wide range of activities on the island.

This year, more than 110,000 trade visitors are expected at the show.

According to David Ruetz, Senior Manager ITB Berlin, the recession has had a severe impact on every holiday destination in the world and has affected all forms of vacationing. “With this in mind, ITB Berlin has become more important than ever as a network platform and marketing instrument for exhibitors and trade visitors.”

ITB Berlin is the world’s leading travel trade show. In 2009 a total of 11,098 companies from 187 countries exhibited their products and services to 178,971 visitors, who included 110,857 trade visitors.