La Réunion a accueilli seulement 216 716 touristes en 2020, soit 59,4% de moins par rapport à 2019, selon Île de la Réunion Tourisme. Un retour en arrière de trois décennies ! Après un début d’année satisfaisant et une progression en janvier et février, la fréquentation touristique extérieure est tombée à zéro pendant le confinement, pour ne reprendre que...
Maurice
Centres financiers : l’île Maurice moins cotée
Chaque année, the performance of global financial centers is the subject of a ranking established by London stock market circles, the Global Financial Center Indices. A year ago, Mauritius appeared in 63rd place. In the new ranking, published mid-March, the country loses 26 places and falls to 89th position. THE...
Employment in tourism-related activities has increased significantly (+37%) in Réunion between 2011 and 2018, i.e. growth 2,3 times higher than that of total employment according to an INSEE study.
Tourism employed 13,500 people in 2018, or 4,6% of total employment. Self-employed people held 20% of these jobs (contre 12 %...
Chinese generosity
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, devoted the last leg of the tour he made in Africa in early January to the Seychelles. On this occasion, China donated $11 million to Seychelles, dont 4,6 million targeting renewable energy projects. The opportunity to open a direct air line between....
Initialed in October 2019 in Beijing, the free trade agreement between Mauritius and China entered into force on January 1, 2021. Mauritius now benefits from immediate duty-free access to the Chinese market for 7,504 tariff lines of goods. Duties on 723 additional tariff lines will be phased out in the....
