The first phase of the project aimed at making Victoria town an outstanding diplomatic capital and an Indian prolific ocean center will be initiated next year. Victoria Waterfront Project will provide Seychelles citizens with pedestrian-friendly waterfront public meeting point with a section of live entertainment and residential and retail houses. According to Joseph Francois CEO […]
Seychelles which has been operating on traffic rules which were published back in 1983 will now operate under new rules. The set of rules published by the road transport department were presented to the cabinet minister who later on approved them. The policy is aimed at addressing issues like introduction of speed laser or radar […]
Victoria is a city in Seychelles which is the smallest island in the world. Victoria has a population of 25000 people considered to the city with the lowest population in the world. The 25000 are of mixed origin both Indians and Africans. Seychelles separated from Mauritius and became a colony in 1903. Victoria is referred […]
The French group Club Med is going to manage Ste Anne beachcomber resort owned by New Mauricius Hotel. The resort, which opened in 2001 is 10 minutes away from the main island of Mahe. The resort has 87 private villas, set on a 220-hectare private island, surrounded by one of the Seychelles’ marine parks. The resort has been closed […]
The president’s office announced that in 2018 there will be no elections for district council in Seychelles. Instead, the island nation will have seven regional councils. The decision was made after consulting with the public on the subject of local government elections as well as bipartisan consensus at national political level and after taking into […]
There is a Cistercian monks’ community on the main island of Mahe in Seychelles where the monastery was established eight years ago. The monastery is located in an area isolated from the main road and other residences at L’Harmonie in the hills of La Misere. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the main […]
The North Island Lodge in Seychelles is the most expensive luxury hotel in the world with a price of $ 6,995 per night, according to Luxury-Hotels.com’s survey report. The survey compared prices charged by luxury hotels around the world, for stays from July to August 2017. Ratings are based on the minimum price a couple […]
The Global Business Forum of Africa saw President of Seychelles Danny Faure sharing details of the programmes that are driving the economy of the nation. In November 2008, Seychelles embarked on a macroeconomic reform programme to address some external debt difficulties and requested the assistance of the International Monetary Fund to help its domestic economy. […]
In July next year it will be implemented a tax on property owned by foreigners. A top official of the Ministry of Finance announced this during a consultative meeting on Thursday. Patrick Payet, the principal secretary for finance, said that the ministry took this decision after discussing with the government. The issue is that the […]
According to a new Global Vegetarian Index, Seychelles is the world’s most vegetarian –friendly country. Oliver’s Travel conducted the rankings and the index calculation was based on countries’ annual meat consumption per person, number of vegetarian restaurants and number of vegetarian restaurants in proportion with the population. Seychelles came in the first place. According to […]
