And the No. 1 comment is surely not the place you'd expect. "Socotra Island, in Yemen. Out-of-this-world plants and wildlife that you can only find on the island, and stunning white sand beaches ...

Two hundred twenty miles across the Arabian Sea from the rest of troubled Yemen, Socotra ... if tourism regains its momentum, pressure will grow to sell land to foreign investors. On an island ...

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which ... Potential future threats include unsustainable ...

Tourism to the island has increased in recent ... and camping under the stars. Due to Yemen’s ongoing civil war, travel to Socotra has been restricted at times. However, some flights are ...

Khor Sirhin estuary with Date Palms with Haggeher mountains in the background at sunrise on Socotra Island, Yemen.

June 2014 2012 Report on the IUCN Mission to Socotra Archipelago (Yemen), 4-14 November 2012 Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2024 The State Party did not submit the ...