And Consumer Confidence has been affected. So that average spending for a trip is been decreased compared to 2023. We are also seeing a lot of bookings for high speed trains, so many travellers opt for cheaper Regional Travel rather than flying. But we have seen the overall type of trips that people are booking a more diversified, so this isjust one part of the picture. Were seeing growing interest in high and brilliant travel inside and outside of china, a big rise in nature and coated travel, such as session one, debate, and The Mole dies, so more people are wanting to connect with nature and explore culture. Wanting to connect with nature and explore culture. Sichuan and explore culture. Sichuan and the maldives. And explore culture. Sichuan and the maldives. Does and explore culture. Sichuan and the maldives. Does that and the maldives. Does that mean some of the Stimulus Measures we are seeing is impacting or having an impact on people are willing to spend more . ~ ,.. on people a
An economic obstruction. So youre not seeing such impact as were here for them any impact for us in more broadly in the region . Very broadly economic impact. We continue to believe that the growth of the apac region excluding china and japan will be 4. 3 up from 4. 0 , so an acceleration of growth in 202a. If you read the report of our Economics Team there is virtually no mention of the red sea as having an economic impact. Certainly it has a Supply Chain Impact in the sense that orders have to be placed earlier and transit times are longer. Its harder to forecast if the time between when you order and when you sell your goods is longer by two to four weeks. In general were not seeing a huge economic disruption in this region. How have they managed to accommodate this or navigate whats been happening over there and being able to mitigate it for the end consumer . The simple answer is capacity. During the pandemic, the ocean carriers ordered a lot of ships. They had a lot of cash on ha
That would collapse to about 15 , and ev makers would essentially be allowed to bring in 8000 vehicles of the value of over 35,000. As you said, this is conditional upon them investing 500 million over the next three years, essentially creating a Manufacturing Base for evs. We will have to wait and see whether the likes of elon musk announced any plans on the back of this policy in the months ahead. The months ahead. Help us understand the months ahead. Help us understand the the months ahead. Help us understand the ev the months ahead. Help us understand the ev marketl the months ahead. Help us. Understand the ev market in india, and the challenges these Companies Might face. India, and the challenges these Companies Might face. There are a number of Companies Might face. There are a number of big Companies Might face. There are a number of big challenges, a number of big challenges, steve, including the fact that charging infrastructure at this point is very inadequate, and that will
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87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. Mr navalny s widow, yulia navalnya, cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were also protests held and voting queues in a number of other countries. In london, there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow, heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Al