The Government of Samoa welcomes business and investors. Samoa's fertile soil, English-speaking educated workforce, and tropical island climate offer advantages to focused investors, though the country's distance from major markets affect the cost of imports and exports. The main productive sectors of the economy are agriculture and tourism while depending heavily on overseas remittances.For investors, Samoa offers a trained, productive and industrially adaptable work force that communicates well in English; competitive wage rates; free repatriation of capital and profits; well-developed, reasonably priced, transport infrastructure, telecommunications, water supply, electricity; industry incentive packages for tourism and manufacturing sectors; a stable financial environment with a single-digit inflation, a balanced budget and international reserves; relatively low corporate & income taxes; and a pleasant and safe lifestyle.