Mauritius is a thriving and prosperous island that owes its diversity of cultures, architecture and cuisine to a history that stretches back five hundred years. Since 1968 Mauritius has been an independent nation, yet has maintained membership in the British Commonwealth. ...
Mauritius is a thriving and prosperous island that owes its diversity of cultures, architecture and cuisine to a history that stretches back five hundred years. Since 1968 Mauritius has been an independent nation, yet has maintained membership in the British Commonwealth.
As one of the world’s top five-star tourist destinations, Mauritius enjoys a thriving economy. Famous for making clothes for well known brand names to its sugar cane industry which grows on 90% of the cultivated land, Mauritius also boasts an expanding IT industry and a thriving off-shore business. The island is acclaimed as a top five star holiday destination with a number of major hotel chains now well established on the island including One&Only Resorts, Hilton, Meridien, Oberoi and Taj Hotels and Resorts.
The British are second only to the French in their love of Mauritius, the latter representing just over half of the island’s holiday visitors. Over 760,000 travellers visited Mauritius in 2005 with the number of British visitors up 20% on the previous year. The island has also won a host of tourism awards.
The liberalisation of the country’s residential property laws in the last few years now means that property ownership in Mauritius for non-citizens is a reality. For the first time, foreigners have the opportunity to buy homes on the island and take up Mauritian residency. The newly formed IRS - Integrated Resort Scheme has been introduced to attract high net worth foreign individuals to invest in Mauritius and has resulted in the creation of Anahita.