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According to Reunion Island Tourism, 202,542 foreign tourists visited Reunion in the first half of 2022. The figure is still 13 lower,6% compared to 2019, before the health crisis, but much higher than that of 2021 (80,000 arrivals over the same period, when travel was still subject to many restrictions, alors que de nombreuses...

The pelicandrom at Pierrefonds airport was officially inaugurated on October 14, in the presence of prefect Jérôme Filippini and André Thien Ah Koon, president of the Pierrefonds Mixed Union. The pelicandrome consists of a filling area and a system for manufacturing the retardant product, comprenant un mécanisme de dosage entre la citerne à eau et celle contenant...

Air Austral recently unveiled its flight schedule for the next IATA season, which runs from October 30, 2022 to March 25, 2023. The company continues to reopen all of its regional destinations and strengthens its long-haul offering. On the regional, Air Austral relaunches its service to Rodrigues Island from November 2, à raison d’une...

Even if registrations remain possible until the end of September, the University of Reunion already has a precise idea of ​​the number of students it will welcome this year : environ 19 000. We could expect a decline in this figure, after the “Covid effect” which pushed many young people from Reunion to give up pursuing their studies abroad in 2020 and 2021,...

Yvann Payet, son of Yvon Payet, the founder of Hyper Jardin, recently presented an ambitious green land project on 9 hectares in Cambaie. The idea : “Create a vast agricultural space, transformé dans le respect de la nature et de la biodiversité en tiers lieu inclusif socialement et générateur d’innovations sociétales. » La pépinière existante deviendra accessible à tous, et sa...

The campaign to release sterile male mosquitoes carried out since last year in an urban area in Duparc (Sainte-Marie) by the Research Institute for Development and supported by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) a abouti à une réduction moyenne de 50 à 60 % de la fertilité naturelle des moustiques tigres Aedes albopictus dans la zone d’étude, annonce l’IRD....

The resumption of economic activity recorded in 2021 after the shock of the health crisis coincided with an increase of three points in the share of fossil fuels in the electricity production of Reunion Island., souligne le bilan énergétique de La Réunion présenté récemment par l’Observatoire énergie Réunion. Vice versa, la part des énergies renouvelables a reculé pour s’établir...

Grouped together since 2020 in the Run’Alim association, On September 14, agricultural sectors and agri-food manufacturers launched an Internet portal to raise awareness of local products available to public catering buyers.. In a sector where calculations are made to the nearest cent and based on very restrictive technical criteria, la production...

The regional council wants to benefit from the revision of the Regional Economic Development Plan, d’internationalisation et d’innovation (SRDEII), exercise imposed on him by the texts, to lay the foundations of a “new economy”, in line with the ambitions of the draft mandate presented at the start of the year. Huguette Bello wishes to build this project “in consultation with local stakeholders : intermunicipalities,...

Despite the uncertainties linked to the Russian war in Ukraine and its consequences on the activity of Reunion companies, the business climate is largely favorable on the island, according to the Iédom economic report drawn up at the end of the 2nd quarter of 2022. The business climate indicator stands at 118,4 et reste nettement supérieur à son niveau de longue...