For a more relaxing holiday, Mauritius waives the fifth day antigen test which applies mainly to fully vaccinated travelers staying at hotels and other tourist accommodations across the island - Such as B&B’s, guesthouses and villas. After the PCR test is done before the vacationers flight and upon their arrival in Mauritius (day 0), there is no need to be tested unless symptomatic. By doing...
Just like every year, "Retraite sans frontières" establishes a ranking of the best places to retire in 2022. In order to establish this ranking, the founder of the website, Paul Delahoutre, took into account 12 different factors such as the cost of living, real estate value, medical care, cultural heritage and gastronomy among others. In addition, more than 100 retirees responded to a questionnaire aimed...
The travel ban for South Africans has been lifted in Mauritius, according to the government. The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) said in a statement that Mauritius' Covid-19 travel restrictions on South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe will be lifted on Friday, January 7, 2022, allowing commercial travel between the nations to...
The demand for retirement homes and aged care services is expected to grow rapidly over the next few decades as the proportion of elderly people in the world increases. Mauritian property developers are taking advantage
Do you know this island in the Indian Ocean belonging to France and claimed by Mauritius? Why evoke today this island apparently without interest? For the record… Mauritius gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. The island had been ceded by France in 1814 to the British Crown before that. It is precisely on the treaty of this cession that the Mauritian state claims its authority over...
The French government has announced new travel restrictions that will enter into force on Saturday (December 4, 2021). Alongside France's green-orange-red classification scheme for countries according to their coronavirus epidemiological situation, the government also introduced a new list marked by "scarlet red" that includes ten southern African countries. Only travel for compelling...
Dubai, is the first and largest city of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is located in the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, and has more than three million inhabitants. If we include the cities of Sharjah, Ajman and Umm al Qaiwain, themselves capitals of their respective emirates, it is an agglomeration that exceeded 3.1 million inhabitants in 2018. Dubai is also the country's...
Golden visas allow foreign citizens to become residents or citizens of a country by investing large amounts of money. Several EU and Schengen countries offer a golden visa programme for wealthy foreign investors. The Golden Visa for Europe is a special type of visa or residence permit for wealthy foreign citizens. To obtain it, it is necessary to invest significant capital in the country.
Mauritius' Borders Reopening Mauritius began reopening its borders in July 2021, initially with a “resort bubble” concept where travelers needed to stay within their resort for the first 14 days after arrival. As of September 1, the resort bubble stay is reduced to seven days.
When ceasing their South African tax residency, taxpayers are subject to an ‘exit tax’ which forms part of the emigration process. However, the National Treasury has proposed a further tax on those who intend to
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