After two years of recession across Europe, there are early signs of the number of people, such as holidays abroad this year will increase, and islands like Menorca, which depends on tourism for the economy is good hope to see more tourists to visit this year.

But just as the travel industry needs some kind of comfort and confidence in a number of holidays booked, however, Menorca is the place, mixed messages are the owners of the restaurant and hotel on the edge of what will really happen.

delicious statistics that showed that new arrests drop in tourist arrivals in Mexico last year, and even adjust the gain of one percent over the previous year – given the number of people who have decided to save money as a “staycation” and flights across Europe to be stopped when the Icelandic volcano exploded it would have been much worse. />
-Important market for the island of Great Britain, and while the total number of visitors increases with British visitors fell by more than five percent, which could be due to the low value of the pound against the euro and destinations not use the euro the best value for money. />
But that could change this year, two of the four most popular destinations outside the euro area are very civil unrest with tour operators offering alternatives to thoose, who are already booked for Egypt and Tunisia, with other Two British tourists were attracted to Morocco and Turkey. Menorca families can benefit from a decision that safety is more important than their wallets, especially for family holidays and the island has a reputation as an ideal place for families in the Mediterranean region.

this year, but comfort can be gained from the misfortunes of other destinations are reduced when the new arrivals as tourists rose slightly by one percent last year, is based on the “World Tourism Organization reports the United Nations World Tourism Organization has increased six percent, Spain has not received the amount of noise increase would expect to see, and this is a concern for owners and operators of hotels in Menorca season approaches. />
According to British newspaper, Spain lost its position as the second most visited country in the U.S. two years ago, with the number one in France. />
Spain out of recession, with growth of only a tepid 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010 and 0 , 2 percent in the second, but then again stalled with zero growth rate in the third, with tourism accounting for much of its GDP in some areas such as accounting and Minorca for a large part of it, to slip into the holiday this year or just a small increase would not be good news. />
But some are there to be positive for people who visited the island over the past two years – the beaches were calm and get a table in a restaurant is not a problem and some flights Menorca is not fully
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on top of prices in Spain fell by hoteliers and restaurant made a concerted effort to return to thoose, who often holidays in Menorca, but are struggling with finances that little recession as Portugal with Spain now offers some of the best deals available for tourists. />
Post Office prepares an annual report entitled “Report on money holiday” that compare the cost of typical costs incurred during the holidays to Spain and said: />
“of bars and restaurants have responded by reducing prices, improving the exchange rate led to a collapse of prices in Portugal and Spain.” />
Menorca In response to the call for cheaper holiday market has every chance the island will see many visitors this year.

8 22 to 29, surprisingly, the domestic steel prices fell 7 weeks straight.
Here, Aug. 25, as the domestic steel pricing “wind vane” of Baosteel, up three times in a row this year after ex-factory price of steel, for the first time down the prices of some products.

Operation in Shanghai, building materials, “often to the builder’s Run” in Chen Yunguang said, “in June, I felt from the real estate market, steel prices will soon fall.”

Between the iron and steel enterprises and construction sites, the steel traders have found the “survival law”: he was concerned that things are not “1:01 in the price adjustment,” but “national leader’s speech, actions, deposits reserve ratio adjustment, the trend of international political economy. “

Plunge 6 months, the higher a year in a row, the board price per ton more than 7400 yuan from the high prices began to fall. Since then, the decline trend continued to increase, until late August, close to 6,000 yuan.

“Particularly early in August, 15 days less than the average price fallen by more than 800.” Li Nan said he runs a steel trading company Shanghai, from a Proxy This money to buy stock, the main customers of electric companies the Yangtze River Delta region. As a small trader, he was more chill than the others, “only quick throw, throw faster, thanks to the less.”

And in August, he did not buy any spot. “If this time orders will be loss badly, losing everything.”

“We replaced the procurement market.” In order to maintain customer relations, Li Nan of the company through market purchases, in order to ensure supply. , “Before the call when the ship today, tomorrow pricing; now bearish, then tomorrow, today, shipping pricing.”

Those dealing directly with the steel traders, and are not easy.
Mr Cheung operating companies in Shanghai is already a medium-sized steel city, as its original, like Lee South, mainly from purchasing agents, and then sold to downstream manufacturers (jargon called “moving bricks”). In 2008, as some gains in the bank financing, Mr Cheung turn directly to the upstream steel mill order to earn one point for the difference.

7 months, his first purchase from Maanshan Iron & Steel. Order directly from the steel mill, the general need to pay the price, “If you book the cargo of 1,000 tons, amounting to 6 million or so, you need to pay more money to more than 700 million.”

Said Mr Cheung told reporters: “We signed the agreement and Maanshan Iron & Steel, Maanshan Iron & Steel scheduled in July to a total of 2,000 million board”, however, after a row over a year, steel prices rose a sudden drop in “in August when prices fell the most powerful, every day is 50,000, 50,000 and fell.”

Game “Prices when all are too proud, was feeding the night play mahjong or how to get happy”. Contrast the good old days, said Li Nan, now circle the people are unhappy with how Paohuo. He often joked to his friends: “another night Kuidiao a BMW, right?”

But still want traders to increase steel orders. Upside down is not uncommon for the price of steel ex-factory price “or even below production cost prices are not unusual.” In the face of the downstream industry downturn, traders do not order to be at least one of wait and see mood is very strong.

Mr Cheung said: “We are scheduled in July Cold plate The price is about 7,200 yuan a ton in the galvanized sheet is about 7500 yuan. To August, prices fell to 6200 so cold plate, galvanized sheet also dropped to 6,500 yuan, the loss is very heavy. Although, Ma decreases by about 30% of orders are given subsidies to business, but for us it is utterly inadequate. ”