Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Sunday said that his government was under pressure from the tourism industry over the manner and the pace with which the country is re-opening its borders since they have been closed since March following the Covid-19 outbreak. Why are the government and the tourism industry not on the same page?
"At the level of government we are under a lot of pressure from this sector," Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said during an event in Grande-RivièreNord-Ouest on Sunday. He was referring to the tourism industry in Mauritius which is at loggerheads with the government over the pace and manner in which it is re-opening the country for tourism after it closed itself off back in March following the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country, bringing down tourism, which accounts for nearly a quarter of GDP and directly employs no less than 44,000 people.
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