Economic geography

Serbia ranks first in a global greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) performance index, produced by fDi Intelligence, the Financial Times' data division.

The index measures the appeal of countries as destinations for greenfield FDI relative to their GDP.

Turkey attracted $1.17 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in May, the Turkish Economy Ministry announced on July 25.

According to a ministry report, foreign direct investment in Turkey amounted to $4.8 billion between January and May 2017, an increase of 11.2 percent compared to the same period in 2016.

Turkey attracted $765 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in April 2017, the Economy Ministry said on June 22.

According to a statement issued by the ministry, Turkey received $3.6 billion net of FDI between January and April this year, indicating an increase of 2 percent compared to the same period in 2016.

The foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow into Turkey plunged by 31 percent to $12 billion in 2016, as the failed coup attempt cast doubt on political stability in the country, the World Investment Report 2017 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has shown. 

Greece remains a laggard in attracting foreign direct investment despite a 123 percent increase in 2016 compared to the year before, according to the latest annual report by Ernst & Young.

Among the 44 European countries surveyed for FDI attractiveness, Greece ranked 34th in the number of FDI projects and 35th in the number of jobs created.

Turkey attracted $2.8 billion net foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of the year with a 1.9 percent year-on-year increase, data from the Economy Ministry showed on May 23. 

A total of $1.6 billion FDI entered into the country in March, according to the ministry data. 

Turkish companies' foreign direct investment (FDI) outflow has increased by 10 times over the past 15 years, according to an index released on May 17.

This year's edition of the Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index is titled Glass half full. It finds that while business executives are increasingly worried about the negative effects of politics, they are nevertheless optimistic with regards to the global economy and the opportunities that foreign direct investments bring.

Turkey received $457 million in foreign direct investment in February, the Economy Ministry stated in a report on April 24.        

Foreign investment in Turkey reached $1.059 billion in the first two months of this year, down by 34.3 percent compared with the same period last year.        

The tourism of younger people is a very promising market. According to the data available by the World Tourism Organization 370 million young people are expected to be traveling around the globe by 2020, while another estimation for tourists between the ages of 18 to 26 states that the value of this market will rise up to 320bn dollars.