{"id":21069,"date":"2013-06-07T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/opening-doors-for-seychelles-tourism-private-sector-funding-2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-07T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T09:29:00","slug":"opening-doors-for-seychelles-tourism-private-sector-funding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/06\/opening-doors-for-seychelles-tourism-private-sector-funding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening doors for Seychelles tourism private sector funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Seychelles tourism private sector will soon get a boost in their development with new funding options. An invitation has been extended to the &#8216;Agence Francaise de Developpement&#8221; by Seychelles Tourism &amp; Culture Minister Alain St.Ange who met with the agency&#8217;s Julie Couriaut in St. Denis, during his recent visit to the Vanilla Island of La Reunion.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">After discussing the proposal with Mr Louis D\u2019Offay, the Chairman of the Seychelles Hospitality &amp; Tourism Association, Minister&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pascal Viroleau (IRT La Reunion), Julie Couriaut AFD) &amp; Minister Alain St.Ange of the Seychelles\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-377534\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Julie-Couriaut-300x225.jpg\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Julie-Couriaut-300x225.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" title=\"Pascal Viroleau (IRT La Reunion), Julie Couriaut AFD) &amp; Minister Alain St.Ange of the Seychelles\" width=\"300\" \/>St.Ange proposed that a member of the agency pays a visit to Seychelles to address the country&#8217;s Hospitality &amp; Tourism Association&#8217;s annual general meeting to highlight the various funding options that the local stakeholders can avail to in order to further consolidate their product offerings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&#8216;Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement&#8217; (AFD) is a financial institution and the main implementing agency for France\u2019s official development assistance to developing countries and overseas territories. It finances projects, programs and studies through grants, loans, guarantee funds and debt reduction-development contracts and provides capacity development support to its partners in developing countries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">A convention for a loan of 10million Euros was signed on 26th November 2012 in Victoria between the AFD and the Seychelles Government.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seychelles tourism private sector will soon get a boost in their development with new funding options. 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