Mauritius is a country located on the island of the same name and several smaller in the south-eastern part of the Indian Ocean. Port Louis is the capital of approximately 145 thousand residents, the whole country has more than 1 million citizens. Since its discovery in the sixteenth century many ethnic groups settled in Mauritius, so now the population of the island is a kind of cultural mixture, which is dominated by Africans, Indians, Europeans and Chinese. From 1810 until 1968, Mauritius was a British colony, then under the British Commonwealth gained independence. Finally, in 1992 it became a republic.

Most of the islands covered in tropical rain-forest. It is from the cultivation of sugar cane and tea exports that Mauritius derives a large portion of it’s national income. A separate sector of the economy is tourism. The authorities, anxious to avoid a massive influx of travelers to a small state, which will reduce its attractiveness carefully control it. As a result, the beautiful country, unspoiled by civilization with it’s island landscapes some distance from Europe and America it is one of the main points on the map for upscale tourism. The development of tourism is also attributed to the hot, subtropical climate, with an average air temperature of 23 – 30 ° C, and the water above 20 ° C.