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Kyrgyz officials step up efforts to raise the central Asian country's profile as a holiday destination amid a regional economic slump. Laura Frykberg reports.
Aftermath of a bus accident that crashed on a road between the touristic southern city of Aswan and the famed Abu Simbel temple further south. Four French and one Belgian were among 10 people killed during the accident in Egypt, whose tourism industry is only just emerging from a decade of political upheaval and the Covid pandemic. IMAGES
La Paz, Oct 7 (EFE).- La Paz is seeking to reactivate tourism and economic activity, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the reopening of the mystic Mercado de Las Brujas (Witches Market), where people's hearts and souls can be cured of their malaises. Love potions, powders to forget not being loved in return, amulets to bring good luck and dried llama fetuses as offerings to Mother Earth are some of the goods to be found in the market.The strange market is a must-see for tourists, who walk around astonished at the amount and uniqueness of the collections of objects to do with faith and mysticism. (Camera: GINA BALDIVIESO).SHOT LIST: THE WITCHES' MARKET, ALSO KNOWN AS EL MERCADO DE LAS BRUJAS AND LA HECHICERIA, LOCATED IN CERRO CUMBRE, A MOUNTAIN CLEARING IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
Benidorm, Oct 3 (EFE) .- The hotel industry in Benidorm (Alicante) is pinning hope on the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions - starting on Monday - for vaccinated Britons. The industry hoped that, with restrictions easing, hotel reservations and occupancy would increase, as the streets of the city are once again filled with British tourists. (Camera: EFE).B-ROLL OF TOURISTS IN BENIDORM, ALICANTE, SPAIN.
Rio de Janeiro, Jul 20 (EFE).- A few days before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games begin, the Olympic Park inaugurated five years ago for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 event is still the target of criticism.The Olympic facilities that were the pride of the city five years ago and that cost more than 40 billion reais (about $7.6 billion at the current exchange rate) are today abandoned, degrading and haunted by corruption scandals.Several of its pavilions are now "white elephants," while the fate of the velodrome, the Olympic swimming pools and two of the Rio arenas has yet to be defined. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET/ANTONIO LACERDA).SHOT LIST: ABANDONED OLYMPIC VENUES IN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. INCLUDES FOOTAGE TAKEN WITH A DRONE OF ABANDONED RIO OLYMPIC VENUES.
Brussels, Jul 9 (EFE) .- The president of Huawei, Liang Hua, said in a telematic interview with EFE that he hopes that the semiconductor industry "can return to normality", given the global crisis that the sector is suffering largely due to chip shortages during the pandemic and hitting tech companies squarely.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF HUAWEI, LIANG HUA.TRANSLATION "Huawei wants to contribute to the green transition plan that Europe has just launched.""Since the United States has announced several rounds of sanctions against our company, our smartphone business has been greatly affected." "Because trust has been damaged in the semiconductor industry, different regions and countries are planning to make these chips. We have seen the plans announced by Europe and we have also seen similar movements from Korea, Japan and also China. With these plans we can expect that production capacity will increase in the future. " "We have seen that Europe plans to develop the semiconductor industry. We hope that Europe can continue to advance its own semiconductor plan." "As we know, the semiconductor industry flourished and innovated thanks to the cooperation between companies in this sector. We hope that in the future the semiconductor industry can return to normal and that trust between companies will be rebuilt based on open cooperation "."Huawei expects to see open, liberal and inclusive policies in place in Europe. If we operate under these policies we will continue to provide good services for our European customers and partners." "It is the countries that will have to decide which provider they want to use for the 5G network. So far there are a few countries that have chosen Huawei as a provider for their 5G network. For customers who have chosen us, we will do our best to offer them better services, so that telecom customers can provide equally good services to end users. Huawei would like to help European customers achieve better communication networks as well as promote digital transformation. " "Spain is one of our most important markets in Europe. Despite the pandemic, we were able to show our products at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in June."
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