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In a year, on September 1, 2016 to be precise, Reunion Island will be experiencing an annular eclipse, lasting for a projected three hours from start to end. The event is due to last from about 12:20 pm local time to about 3:40 pm local time, which is GMT+4. The peak of the darkness is projected to take place around 2:10 pm, a perfect mid-day situation which will allow spectators to get the best sightings in return for their long journey to Reunion Island.

Reunion Island has in recent years established itself as a premier adventure holiday destination, offering way beyond just ordinary beach vacations, it includes a large variety of adventure activities, both land and ocean based.

Two months down the line and over a million YouTube views for Reunion Island-produced comedy.

Swiss-based travel blogger, Solene, loves to travel and has over the last four years filed feature stories from 45 countries around the world, her latest destination having been Reunion Island, the French Indian Ocean island.

Over 90 participants from Reunion’s tourism private sector and Reunion Island Tourism (IRT) are expected to head to Paris in a month to attend France’s largest tourism trade show, Top Resa. Reunion Island will exhibit alongside fellow Indian Ocean Vanilla Island members which are also expected to make a strong showing in Paris.

An unprecedented fourth major eruption this year has seen the French island of Reunion once again make headlines as more visitors, in particular volcano spotters, head there. More recently, the island made headlines when debris from missing flight MH 370 washed up on Reunion Island’s eastern beaches.

France has over 22,000 TripAdvisor-rated hotels, resorts, tourism attractions, and restaurants which were awarded the coveted Certificate of Excellence in 2015. However, only 2 percent of those make it into the top ratings after 5 years of consecutive CoE awards. Reunion Island’s best-known, open-air market, St. Paul's, where the locals come to shop alongside tourists browsing through the stalls or enjoying some of the fresh food on offer, has this year made it into those ranks.

Reunion Island Tourism (IRT), the island’s primary tourism marketing body, has announced the dates of the final round of “Alon Bat Kare,” the main domestic tourism promotion for the people of this French Indian Ocean Island.

​Reunion Island is presently staging the Indian Ocean Games for the third time, after the 1979 inaugural edition and then hosting the event for a second time in 1998. This is the ninth edition of the games.

​The mountains of the interior of Reunion Island, the gorges, valleys, and steep cliffs made of naked rock, were declared a UNESCO World Heritage site exactly five years ago, on August 1, 2010.

Visitors to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion are able to enjoy the spectacle of a third eruption, when the Piton de la Fournaise started to spit fire again yesterday morning at 9:50 hours local time. The previous eruptions took place in February and May and were widely publicized around the world, leading to a stream of volcanic eruption spotters coming to Reunion Island.

France’s ongoing competition, “Who will be the Next Great Pastry Chef?” is attracting the attention of gourmets from France and beyond.