Tourism in reunion island

Reunion Island is a volcanic island, mostly plateaus and mountains, with narrow plains along the coast. The updraft on the island is extremely strong, which is a rainstorm-prone area in the world. 1663, French immigrants and their slaves trafficked from Madagascar came here to settle down. In the late19th century, sugarcane became the main cash crop in the island. Sugarcane cultivation occupies two-thirds of the cultivated land and most of the labor force, and food, vegetables and meat and milk are not self-sufficient.

The causes of heavy rain in reunion island are: low latitude, strong solar radiation, high temperature and strong atmospheric convection; It is dominated by mountains and plateaus (mountains and plateaus in the middle), with sufficient water vapor, condensation due to topographic uplift and more topographic precipitation.

Sugarcane producing areas are mostly distributed in the western and northeastern coastal areas. The advantages of planting sugarcane on the island are: high temperature and rainy all year round, sufficient water and heat; Pozzolanic soil, fertile soil; There are plains along the coast and a large area of cultivated land.

The adverse effects of reunion island's sugarcane industry as the economic pillar: the industrial chain of agricultural products deep processing is limited and the economic structure is single; Large labor input and insufficient surplus labor are not conducive to the development of other industries; Occupy a lot of cultivated land, affecting the supply of other agricultural products; Planting is greatly influenced by natural conditions, with unstable output and unstable economic income.

Put forward reasonable suggestions for the sustainable development of reunion island economy: adjusting planting structure and developing a variety of tropical cash crops; Adjust the industrial structure and develop tropical tourism; Develop sugarcane deep processing, extend the production chain and increase the added value of agricultural products.