Madagascar’s protected forests cover 10% of the country’s land area. Courtesy Nils Rebane. The country is also among the world’s poorest. About 80% of its population live below the international ...

Madagascar’s rare biodiversity and deep-rooted traditions are increasingly central to eco-tourism that supports conservation and local communities. From UNESCO-listed Tsingy de Bemaraha to ancestral ...

Reuters reports that Madagascar tourism faces collapse if political unrest continues. So far, a bitter power struggle on the island has killed 125 people. Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, a former ...

Madagascar’s Nosy Be was recently identified as a hotspot for whale sharks, which could boost the island’s ecotourism to rival the likes of global whale shark hotspots in Tanzania and Mozambique. One ...

New study reveals that Madagascar, which is a magnet for nature-loving tourists thanks to its unique flora and fauna and its unspoilt, authentic character, looks set to experience a tourism-driven ...

Madagascar has the privilege of being the Guest of Honor at the 45th TRAVEL Exhibition fair on February 23-26, 2023, in Budapest. Madagascar will be attending this show with a 150-square-meter stand ...

Since the reopening of borders in April 2022, tourism in Madagascar has been slowly regaining momentum after two years of isolation from the rest of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, though lack ...

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai has visited Madagascar to express the Organization's full support to the tourism sector. Madagascar’s tourism is facing a ...

Known as the biggest fish in the world, whale sharks can grow up to 65 feet (20 meters) in length and are locally know as ‘marokintana’ which translates as “to have many stars.” Known as the biggest ...

ANTANANARIVO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Madagascar increased by 20 percent in 2016, bringing numbers back to visitor levels last seen before a 2009 coup, the Ministry of ...

One of the most anticipated films of the spring is Dreamworks’s Madagascar. Scheduled for release over the often profitable Memorial Day weekend (May 27), this new feature is generating lots of buzz ...

Madagascar is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. The island country is well known for its diverse and endangered range of wildlife. This includes over 100 species of lemurs and six species of ...