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Mauritius Gets Boost In Foreign Investment, Mainly In Real Estate Sector

Mauritius Gets Boost In Foreign Investment, Mainly In Real Estate Sector

From Reuters

Foreign direct investment in Mauritius jumped 67.3 percent to 7.926 billion rupees ($253 million) in the first six months of 2014 from a year earlier, helped by a flow of money into real estate, the central bank said on Friday.

The island nation has been trying to shift an economy traditionally focused on sugar, textiles and tourism towards luxury real estate, offshore banking and medical tourism.

The largest part of the money went into real estate development, which attracted 3.18 billion rupees in the first six months, up from 2.94 billion rupees a year earlier, said the Bank of Mauritius.

France was the biggest source with 543 million rupees followed by the United Arab Emirates which put in 188 million rupees, according to the data.

Ken Poonoosammy, Managing Director of the country’s Board of Investment, said the foreign cash was helping push Mauritius from a dependence on agriculture towards more lucrative sectors.

 

 

Written by Jean Paul Arouff/Read more at Reuters