Vanilla Islands
Vanilla Islands ( French Les Iles Vanille ) is an established concept with which the in a merger of the Tourism Committee Indian Ocean lying island states Comoros , La Reunion , Madagascar , Mauritius , Mayotte and Seychelles , the common tourist destination is applying these countries.
The aim of the alliance, which was founded on August 4, 2010 in La Réunion, is to bundle forces and jointly market the countries that have so far only been operating individually.
history
The vanilla was the beginning of the 16th century by the Spanish conquerors in South America at the Aztecs discovered. The Aztecs mainly added vanilla to their cocoa drinks. In the 17th century, the import of vanilla pods to Europe was a great success: in France they were used to flavor chocolate, candies and even tobacco.
In the 18th century, numerous scientists tried to grow the species of orchid in warm greenhouses in order to study it. Vanilla cultivation remained a mystery, however: plants that produce pods are extremely rare. In order to encourage fruiting, some botanists had the idea of growing the plant in a tropical climate. In this way, the first vanilla plants were brought to the " Ile Bourbon " - as La Réunion was called at the time - at the beginning of the 19th century . And that is the reason why the vanilla from Reunion Island is still called " Bourbon Vanilla " today . Vanilla was later cultivated on other tropical islands in the Indian Ocean.
Web links
- Official page - via Facebook (English / French)
- Les Iles Vanille - official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vanilla Islands launches online presence . eTurbo News - Global Travel Industry News, August 5, 2011
- ↑ Report on the Vanilla Islands on Urlaub-madagaskar.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010 ; Retrieved November 23, 2010 .
- ↑ Ile de la Réunion Tourisme: The story of vanilla from La Réunion. In: https://www.insel-la-reunion.com/ . Ile de la Réunion Tourisme, accessed November 22, 2019 .