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Harnessing the power of the cloud to ensure a seamless arrival experience with Tom Marten, Travizory and Alan Renaud, Principle Secretary for Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Republic of Seychelles
Description
Covid undoubtedly increased the complexity of travel. Alongside the usual stresses of visas and all the other logistics of any trip, the added health protocols made travel more difficult than ever before.
However, today, we discuss an active solution that came online in December 2021 in the Republic of Seychelles, a cutting-edge cloud-based system and biometric corridor that screens arrivals to the country in a touchless and speedy environment.
In this episode, we cover:
🛫 The concept of Travizory and the problem they set out to solve?
✈️ Why Seychelles chose to be the first African country to implement biometrics at their borders
🌍 How much the system costs, the speed of implementation and integration with the current systems, plus data protection
🏖️ How visitors responded to the system
You can find out more about Travizory here