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The population living in Reunion Island is made up of a very large majority of people who were born there., according to the latest figures from INSEE (those of 2018). On a dénombré cette année-là 706 000 natives et natifs de l'île, or 82.5% of inhabitants. Réunion is the second region in France where the share of natives among its....

In 2019, 258,000 inhabitants of Réunion aged 15 or over declared having gone on vacation during the last twelve months, i.e. 39% of those aged 15 or over, according to an INSEE survey. This is significantly less than the inhabitants of France (66 %). At the same time, 47% of Reunion Islanders aged 15 or....

Port Réunion handled 3,7 million tonnes of goods during the first eight months of 2022, figure down 9% compared to the same period in 2021, record year. “The current context, marked by the health crisis which is disrupting maritime transport and by the war in Ukraine which is adding to pre-existing tensions..

The Mascarene Food Bank is developing an internet platform, Proxidon, which allows local food businesses to donate their surplus and unsold unmarketable but still consumable items. The business that wishes to make a donation registers it on the platform ; local associations are informed in real time of this available donation and can make....

La start-up SIVA Industrie (Innovative agricultural valuation solutions) was selected on October 12 by the Reunion jury of French Tech Rise to present its project to investment funds, next December 2 in Paris. French Tech Rise is a government initiative aimed at identifying nuggets in all regions of France and....

According to Reunion Island Tourism, 202,542 foreign tourists visited Reunion in the first half of 2022. The figure is still 13 lower,6% compared to 2019, before the health crisis, but much higher than that of 2021 (80,000 arrivals over the same period, when travel was still subject to many restrictions, while many....

The pelicandrom at Pierrefonds airport was officially inaugurated on October 14, in the presence of prefect Jérôme Filippini and André Thien Ah Koon, president of the Pierrefonds Mixed Union. The pelicandrome consists of a filling area and a system for manufacturing the retardant product, comprising a dosing mechanism between the water tank and that containing...

Air Austral recently unveiled its flight schedule for the next IATA season, which runs from October 30, 2022 to March 25, 2023. The company continues to reopen all of its regional destinations and strengthens its long-haul offering. On the regional, Air Austral relaunches its service to Rodrigues Island from November 2, due to a....

Even if registrations remain possible until the end of September, the University of Reunion already has a precise idea of ​​the number of students it will welcome this year : environ 19 000. We could expect a decline in this figure, after the “Covid effect” which pushed many young people from Reunion to give up pursuing their studies abroad in 2020 and 2021,...

Yvann Payet, son of Yvon Payet, the founder of Hyper Jardin, recently presented an ambitious green land project on 9 hectares in Cambaie. The idea : “Create a vast agricultural space, transformed with respect for nature and biodiversity into a socially inclusive third place and generator of societal innovations. » The existing nursery will become accessible to all, and his....