The Nadi Town Council has seen an influx in investment opportunities in Nadi with international investors flocking into the Jet Set Town on a weekly basis to explore new opportunities and investment deals.
Special administrator Lawrence Kumar said such prospect present the level of confidence investors have in the bustling tourism hub which in turn would create more employment opportunities for residents in the west in the not-too-distant future.
“Just recently, we met with two separate investors, one from the province of Shandong, China and there was a huge delegation of about nine of them including one mayor and his deputy who are interested to invest in Nadi,” Mr Kumar said.
“Another group of investors in Aiyang City so they are planning to invest in the Momi area and they are going through some procurement of 50 acres of land with TLTB.
“There is another group of investors coming in next week from another province in China and as I have said there is a lot of interest in the Nadi market right now and in the recent time Nadi has been performing quite well.”
In June this year, Trade Minister Manoa Kamikamica said government was committed to growing the economy and making sure investors who come to Fiji were made to feel welcome.
“We have to make sure they are provided good services and that they feel confident in investing in Fiji.
“We also need to ensure the government is seen as pro-business and by that I mean, not making too many reactive decisions so that’s really the flavour from where we’re coming from.”
He also said his ministry was all about trying to grow the economy, supporting SMEs and the corporate and he believed there was a lot more they could do in these areas.
Mr Kamikamica also indicated that leveraging the private sector had been somewhat missing particularly when it came to small business.
“Government wants to do a lot but we have limited resources,” he said.
“So the more we collaborate and work together with stakeholders, the better we can move forward.”
