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Madagascar tourists - a rare species?

About 400,000 tourists visited Madagascar in 2008 before a coup scared off tourists and investors alike - and, recently, an Air Madagascar strike means it's even more difficult for visitors to come. But, as David Pollard reports, the island nations wants to double visitor numbers by 2020.