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For the 30th anniversary of the Grand Raid and for three years, Corsair becomes the official carrier of the biggest mountain race in Reunion, which will take place this year from October 20 to 23. The partnership was formalized at the end of August by Jules Perreau, regional director Indian Ocean of Corsair, and Pierre Maunier, président du Grand Raid....

Poverty remains very high in Reunion, despite its reduction in recent years, according to INSEE. From 2015 to 2018, about 35% of adults were poor in a monetary sense, a share almost three times higher than in mainland France. Among poor adults in 2015, 58% were still in 2018 ; ce taux était seulement de 42...

For the first time, the Ministry of Culture has extended to the overseas departments the survey on cultural practices that it regularly conducts in mainland France. Its results, relating to data collected before the health crisis, highlight various local specificities. Reunion Islanders rarely visit museums and exhibitions : 8 % des habitants de l’île âgés de...

Local customers contributed 63% of the 1,8 billion euros in revenue from the Reunion tourism sector in 2019, according to a study by the Overseas Rapid Economic Accounts. The importance of local tourism in Reunion is now the same as the national average, while its share was only 50% in 2005. Sign of growing purchasing power, les dépenses...

In a new study, INSEE has adopted a new approach to poverty, integrating both income and the European Union indicator of material and social deprivation. This measures the inability to cover expenses linked to at least 5 elements of everyday life out of 13 considered desirable.. Most common examples : l’incapacité à faire...

The number of category A applicants (required to look for work and without activity) was on average 120,820 in the 2nd quarter, down by 2,6% over three months and 7% over one year. In total, the number of applicants required to look for work, having or not carried out an activity (categories A,...

125 vélos tout-terrain à assistance électrique complètent l’offre de Mobi’Ouest depuis le mois de juillet. Fort du succès de ses vélos électriques en location, le Territoire de la Côte Ouest a investi dans ces deux-roues permettant de gravir des pentes sans beaucoup d’efforts. Le modèle retenu (Beeq M500), polyvalent, est adapté à des usages variés, sur des fortes pentes...

Economic activity remained sustained in Reunion in the 1st quarter of 2022 despite the strengthening of health measures, according to an INSEE economic report. The volume of paid working hours remains significantly higher than its pre-crisis level, of the order of 10%. Tourist activity is returning to its pre-crisis level, malgré un mois de février en retrait....

The number of very high-speed accesses is particularly high in Reunion (270,000 subscriptions at the end of 2021), i.e. 77% of accesses whose speed is equal to or greater than 30 Mbit/s (7 additional points in one year), reveals Arcep’s latest annual report on electronic communications overseas. La fibre reste...

The Mascarenes Food Bank and the Reunion Chamber of Agriculture inaugurated a fruit and vegetable processing unit, July 18 in Saint-Pierre. Fitted out in municipal premises, It is made available to farmers who wish to transform their products. In return, They will offer 10 % to the food bank. The laboratory, Who...