A picture taken on November 16, 2019, shows tourists walking on the beach with granite rocks on in Silhouette Island, the third largest island, Seychelles. - The Seychelles, a byword for luxury holidays and Instagram-perfect beaches, lives off tourism. But the idyllic honeymoon abode is confronting a tug-of-war over how to keep the economy growing, while protecting its fragile ecosystem. High-end tourism, mainly from Europe, helped pull the Seychelles from the brink of financial ruin after the 2008 economic crisis. Visitor numbers doubled in the decade that followed to around 360,000 today. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)