January-March 09

Destinations…

The United States
10 sites the most visited in the USA in 2008: 1) Disney (, Florida) with illion visitors; 2) Las Vegas; 3) Washington DC; 4) Golden delicious Spoils Re-creation in San Francisco; 5) Large Canyon; 6) Worsen Building in New York; 7) National ; 8) National ; 9) in South Dakota; 10) off Famed in Los Angeles. (1/09)

Argentina - Chile
Since the end of December a new point of passage between Argentina and Chile was open. It is about the neck of located at m in the south of Santiago. Its aim is to unchoke the very attended passage of “” located at the level of . (1/09)

Slovakia
Since January 1st, the Euro became the national currency of Slovakia. (1/09)

Air…

Air crashes
2008 will have seen more air crashes (all confused) that 2007 for however, with final, less victims. In all one counted 147 crash landing for 876 dead. 26% of the accidents occurred in North America, 19% in Asia, 16% in South America, 12% in Africa, 11% in Europe, 11% in Central America and 5% in Oceania. (1/09)

Luggage
The number of luggage stolen or lost in the airports would have doubled since 2001. On the level European conveyers, it is British Airways which would be most concerned with an average of 23 case for 1.000 passengers. As for Air France, there would be each year at it approximately 896 090 lost or delayed luggage. (1/09)

Compensation
European justice has just affirmed that any cancellation of a flight forces the company to compensate the passengers, except if the aforementioned manages to show “extraordinary circumstances”. (1/09)

No name change for “the new” company. The conveyer, bought up and following his multiple vexations of the previous months, simply sees being reduced his network with 70 programmed destinations (including 47 international) and 670 daily flights against more than thousand for old . (1/09)

Litigations
On the level of the litigations concerning the fixed prices voyages, 65% relate to the party “air” of the fixed prices in question. (1/09)

It is in January that the US company Continental will carry out a first trial flight using of the biofuels. (1/09)

Guyana
Since mid-December new company (3 flights/week) Paris in Cayenne serves on line. It is about Air the Caribbean whose first prices are at a little less than 800 Euros. (1/09)

Set of themes…

Health
According to a survey, 30% of the people do not carry medicines in their when they leave on a journey. (1/09)

Internet
More 20% in 2008 for the number of sites present on the Net on a world level, are 186,illion what represents 2,5 times more than in 2005. But on the unit less than half of the sites are really active. (1/09)

Employment
France being always the country more visited in the world, the sector of tourism employs there more than illion people (and 12% of paid on Paris). Each year they are also 37 billion Euros which are spent in the country by the foreign visitors (against 25 by abroad travelling French). (1/09)