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Tourism is an important part of the economy of Réunion, a island in the Indian Ocean and French overseas . Although there are many tourism assets, the tourist attractions of the island are not known.

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The discovery of the island

There is a settlement since the 17th century in the island. As a stop on the Indes route, sailors were visited by diplomats and explorers. Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent was also popular among natural scientists. Charles Baudelaire was born in 1841 for almost a few weeks. The island’s interest has long been taken before the start of commercial flights. It was difficult to travel in the island itself. Réunion railway took two days to pass to Saint-Pierre from Saint-Denis before building in 1882. The active burns were able to walk only a few days to see Piton de la Fournaise. Kreol families from the West discovered more accessible (but still wild) places like Bernica and Saint-Gilles Valley, as recorded in the poets of Leconte de Lisle. Ressam Antoine Roussin released L'Album de l in 1857 in a number of installments. As Evlatluk, Réunion, and these pictures were an idea about the landscape and most popular places in the second half of the 19th century.

The rise in the 19th century of thermalism has launched some tourist activity among customers who want to relax. Coated customers stay at the elegant Hell-Bourg station and Cilaos after 1882. Access challenges and lack of infrastructure prevents Mafate-les-eaux’s thermal potential.

The economy was tied to the first half of the 20th century. Réunion has become a French department in 1946.

From the province to 1990s
The arrival of the officers to Réunion and many of the local people have increased contact with the mainland of France with its transportation to the mainland. II. At the end of the World War France and Réunion had a flight every three days.

Réunion in 1963 accepted 3000 visitors to four tourist destinations. The first Boeing 707 departed from Gillot airport in 1967. Despite these changes, island tourists continued to be less popular than other destinations, and especially less tourists from other overseas departments. This was partially caused by the flight monopoly to the candidate of Air France (and Air Madagascar). In the first half of the 1970s, other organizations, including Club Med and 1976, started to be activated. However, the liberation of air traffic for the beginning of the self-development of tourism (1983 and 1986) and the end of the monopoly of Air France (also allowed Transports Aériens). Ada was founded in 1989 for tourism. This was called Réunion Tourism Committee (CTR). Tourism has really developed in 1990s and is one of the important economic sources of island Home