Over 300 foreign visitors touring 'charming Socotra'
The Source: SOCOTRA/hadharamaut.info/sabanews.net - 09/01/2011
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Over 300 foreign tourists, mostly Italians, are currently touring Yemen's Archipelago of Socotra, an official in the island has said.
Mubarak Amir, director of the Socotra Tourism Office, said a programme had been prepared for the guests that included visits to tourist attractions, monuments and nature reserves.
Socotra is the largest and the most charming island in Yemen, where nature reserves with unique animals and plants are a fantasy world.A small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean, Socotra covers an area of 3625 square kilometers. Its largest island is called Socotra and covers about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago."The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth."
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