Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y

STORY: Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bardo National Musuem in Tunisia STORYLINE: Tunisia's tourism revenues in the first nine months of 2023 reached 1.82 billion U.S. dollars, local Echorouk newspaper quoted the Tourism Minister Mohamed Belhassine as saying on Friday. Revenues from the tourism sector amounted to 5.8 billion dinars (1.82 billion U.S. dollars) by September, he told a hearing at the Assembly of People's Representatives on Thursday. He said the Central Bank of Tunisia had confirmed that the tourism revenues recorded an increase of 41.7 percent compared to the same period in 2022. He added that the Tunisian tourism sector was able to help cover most of the trade deficit of the country at the end of September. The minister said that Tunisian government was working to develop tourism sector at various levels and attract investments in the sector, given that t

Türkiye's trade deficit climbs by 147 pct y-o-y in July

STORY: Türkiye's trade deficit climbs by 147 pct y-o-y in July DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of shipping trade in Türkiye 2. various of people at cashpoint 3. various of people shopping STORYLINE: Türkiye's foreign trade deficit surged by 147 percent year-on-year to 10.69 billion U.S. dollars in July, driven by high energy prices and soaring imports, according to figures released by the country's statistical authorities on Monday. The country's imports rose by 41.4 percent to 29.24 billion dollars, while exports increased by 13.4 percent to 18.55 billion dollars, the Turkish Statistical Institute said. Last year, the Turkish government announced an economic model that pursues a current account surplus through higher exports and low interest rates, despite increasing inflation and a depreciation in the local currency. However, the country's foreign trade deficit is widening amid a rise in commodity prices globally, and increasing inflatio

Shanghai sees 42 pct y-o-y increase in sea-rail transportation since March

STORY: Shanghai sees 42 pct y-o-y increase in sea-rail transportation since March DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Luchao Port Central Station 2. SOUNDBITE(Chinese): WANG MINGWEI, Deputy General Manager of Luchao Port Central Station STORYLINE: According to China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group, a total of 655 trips have been made by sea-rail freight trains in east China's Shanghai since this March, transporting 84,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of goods, up 42 percent year-on-year. Officials from the group said that sea-rail combined transportation has much relieved the city's logistic pressure since road transportation has been impacted by the recent COVID-19 resurgence. Luchao Port Central Station, which shoulders 90 percent of the business volume of Shanghai's sea-rail combined transportation, has worked to guarantee the smooth operation of at least 10 pairs of sea-rail freight trains to transport over 20 TEUs of emerg