Resumption of oil prospecting
The Seychelles finalized an agreement at the beginning of September with the Canadian group Adamantine Energy Ltd authorizing the latter to launch explorations of the country's seabed with a view to finding oil or gas.. The targeted site is located 80 km south of Mahé. Drilling will be carried out depending on the results of the first studies. The Seychellois government specifies that very strict clauses have been integrated into the agreement in the area of environmental protection.
Tourism : 16,5% you PIB
Seychelles now applies the tourism satellite account method (TSA) to more precisely measure the economic impact of tourism on the country's economy. According to initial estimates, tourism contributes directly – what tourists spend directly with businesses in Seychelles – to 16,5% of the GDP of the archipelago, a particularly high level in the world.
