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Il y a tout lieu de se réjouir de la récente arrivée d’un nouveau parc d’autobus à Libreville, capitale du Gabon, qui devrait permettre de fluidifier la circulation en désencombrant les artères principales de la ville. Afin d’en optimiser l’efficacité, les autorités gabonaises des transports planchent actuellement sur un projet d’élargissement des rues et d’instauration de voies réservées aux bus sur les routes principales.

A strong showing by Malaysia’s tourism industry in the first three months of the year may be offset by an expected drop-off in arrivals from China. But officials and travel bodies remain confident that any cooling in sentiment from the mainland will ease by the latter part of the year, giving the sector a lift in the final quarter.

Concerns that one of Indonesia’s best-known tourism destinations, the tropical island of Bali, is being overrun by foreign holidaymakers and that its very popularity is putting at risk the natural attractions that draw so many visitors have prompted renewed calls to broaden the base of the country’s tourism industry, with greater emphasis put on developing new and sustainable resorts.

Jordan’s high energy import bills and the frequent power cuts resulting from shortfalls in supplies from Egypt may soon become less of a problem as a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at the port of Aqaba is set to come on-line by the end of the year.

Las incertidumbres legales que rodean al Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) de Bogotá han conducido a una parálisis en el sector de los bienes raíces en la capital colombiana. Sin embargo, los inversionistas y desarrolladores encuentran jugosas ganancias en otros municipios cercanos.

President Jacob Zuma has announced a shake-up of the South African energy sector after signalling the government will push ahead with both nuclear energy generation and shale gas exploration, although revised electricity demand projections suggest consumption will nonetheless be slower than expected in the years until 2025.