Growth growth has been slower in 2024, and the Consumer Confidence has been affected so that average spending per trip has been decreased compared to 2023. So we are also seeing a lot of bookings for high speed trains, so so many travellers opt for cheaper Regional Travel rather than flying. But actually 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 End Premium Travel inside and outside of china, a big rise in nature and coated travel, such as sichuan, hunan, tibet and the maldives, so more people are wanting to connect with nature and explore culture. Does that mean some of the Stimulus Measures we are seeing is impacting or having an impact on people who are willing to spend more . The Stimulus Measures may help in the short term, but actually we are seeing long Term Recovery for the Tourism Sector will depend on the broader economic factors. Especially the recovery of Co
The internet has spawned a new brand of terrorism one seemingly without leaders. He said. Its sort of these perpetrators are called lone wolves but that only refers to the execution of the crime lone wolves always belong to larger packs ideologically speaking. Lone wolves and those that support the most so for radicalizing online by the thousands they meet and Exchange Ideas on internet forums for violent far right ideology to use investigators in germany and around the world have been looking in the wrong places and completely underestimated the impact of these internet forums we need a huge increase in online policing by maybe a factor of 10 or 20 and we need this policing to have a bigger and more visible presence. As the threat. Posed by these lone wolves increases so does the number of dead casualties he says a lot of things are streetwalkers to take out everything close to the same temperature while there are worst of societies or whatever they were for all the world. For White S
Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the
Incumbent leader and his predecessor a facing off and in an election thats being called a battle of 2 giants and iran really says more details about the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist saying he was killed by a satellite controlled machine gun. The air. Millions of people across the u. S. State of california are now back on to a sweeping coronavirus lockdown roles the stay at home order places restrictions on the opening of restaurants cylons and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as a state reports its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day there is some hospitals could run out of intensive care beds while the virus is now killing more than 2000 americans a day thats 2 people every minute its helped the food and Drug Administration will approve a vaccine soon but it will still take months for it to be fully evolved out reports from washington. New walk downs are being put in place in a number of regions amid t
About the transition to a biden presidency. This is live coverage on cspan2. Political aspects that are still unfolding but were facing a lot of challenges that require that the kind of continuity that a country is known for, one government can hand over to another government, the landscape in the tools that are necessary to do with these issues especially in the middle of the pandemic and our hearts go out to all those who are affected around the world by the pandemic and we hope the 2021 would be a brighter year. Thank you for joining us and i will turn it over to toni. [inaudible] as we wait for toni i will just say that all the presenters that i have described have deep reservoir of experience on the legislative side of the aisle. Theres toni right there. Welcome. Shes actually at reading right and were delighted to have you join us. So over to. Thank you. Thank you, stewart. I really appreciate its an honor and privilege to be here. Meridian has been very much a part of my persona