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FACES OF
TOURISM

Wanderings of
a bus driver!
Who is most likely to have their finger on the pulse of the tourism industry?
How about the first person you will meet and the last person to see you go?
Meet Claude Bijoux, a 65 year old bus driver from Mason’s Travel with 27 years
of experience and hear his ten commandments about tourism.

1. Love thy job.

If there is one thing that Mr Bijoux loves about his job, it is interacting with
the clients. Even though work depends on when the clients’ flights come in,
and generally a typical day starts at 4 a.m. this does not faze him. When he
comes to fetch the clients at the airport, he is very aware of how he is one of
the first impressions that one has of Seychelles, so it is always with a smile.
When asked about his long years of service, he states that he has never had
cause to complain. He has woken up every day not even considering that
he was up before the sun. He tells us that he has enjoyed meeting each and
every single visitor to our country and he is filled with pride in that he is very
good at what he does.

2. Learn

In the beginning when Mr Bijoux started, there were only two airlines that
came to Seychelles and over the years as these have increased, so has the

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