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Patrick Lebreton, President of Reunion Island Tourism, did not hide his satisfaction by presenting the provisional figures for attendance on the island in 2023. 556,089 external visitors were counted in 2023, an increase of 12% compared to 2022. The 2019 record is broken : Reunion Island had never seen such attendance. THE...

As the 2023-2024 financial year approaches,, March 31, the management of Air Austral was forced to recognize a particularly difficult financial situation. The company's cash flow is once again dry and requires an urgent injection of new money from shareholders. The management board of Air Austral cites an accumulation of unfavorable factors which impact the financial results, alors...

In 2020, 180,000 people resided in the Hauts, soit un habitant sur cinq selon une étude réalisée en partenariat par l'INSEE et la Région Réunion. Between 2010 and 2020, the population of Hauts has increased a little more in the rest of the department, especially in the West and the South, which now welcome three out of four inhabitants of Hauts. Plus de...

Roland-Garros airport welcomed 2,689,954 passengers in 2023, figure increasing by 8,1% compared to 2019, before the outbreak of the health crisis. The increase is 14,7% compared to 2022, year still marked, at its beginning, by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. La fréquentation des lignes entre la métropole et La Réunion a...

In 2021, 52,480 legal units (companies holding a Siren number) mainly non-agricultural and non-financial market sectors, had their head office in Reunion, according to INSEE. They created an added value of 8,7 billion euros, for a turnover of 28,9 billion euros. More, according to an economic definition of the company within the meaning of the modernization law..

The Reunion Export Club presented the first collaborative export group at the end of November, made up of ten local production companies wishing to attract hotels, wine merchants and delicatessens in Belgium and Switzerland. Three ranges of tropical products — spirits and beers, deli, confectionery — are represented in this grouping, under the umbrella brand...

As of January 1, 2021, 871,157 people lived in Reunion, according to INSEE. Between 2015 and 2021, the population of Reunion increased by 20,400 people (+0,4 %, and 3,400 more inhabitants on average per year). Its growth is less than between 2010 and 2015 (+0,7% on average per year). In five metropolitan regions — in Brittany, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Country of...

The Sagis Institute repeated its opinion survey on the morale of Reunion Islanders in October 2023, carried out for the first time in September 2022. Result : in one year, island morale has deteriorated significantly. A third of those questioned believe that their quality of life (this figure doubles compared to last year) and more than 50% than....

The Price Observatory, margins and revenues (OPMR) issued its opinion in December on the reinforced Quality-Price Shield (MND+), requesting the maintenance of the list of 153 products for a ceiling price of 348 euros and a study on the composition of the BQP list with regard to changes in local consumption. The OPMR formulates a certain number....

In 2022, Reunion companies have increased their prices, not their margins, estimates Iédom in a study published at the end of 2023. Dans un contexte encore marqué par les conséquences de la crise sanitaire et la flambée des coûts des matières premières liée à l’invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, Reunion companies passed on part of these cost increases..