06 May 2010
Sama Dubai, part of the group building the Tiger Woods golf resort in Dubai, has said it is committed to projects in Morocco and Oman after government officials said work had stopped, according to media reports.

Construction was halted on the $1.7 billion Salam Yiti development in Oman, Wael Al Lawati, chief execu-tive officer of the Omani Tourism Ministry's investment told Bloomberg newswire yesterday.

"International investors are still there," Moroccan Tourism Minister Yassir Zenagui said. "But some of them have pulled back, such as Sama Dubai."

A Sama spokesperson, who declined to be identified, said: "There is a joint venture in Oman working with the authorities on the development of the project."

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