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Crisis in the tourism sector?

Oct 29th, 2008 | By the Editor

The world wide economic recession has its repercussions to the tourism sector. During the month of September a marked reduction of incoming tourism was observed in major European destinations. Greece reports a 4,8% decrease in flight arrivals in total while Spain reported reported a -2,2% at the Balearic islands, the Canary islands had a whooping fall (-9.0%) and Cyprus a -3.2% in total arrivals. It is the time for the ...

Are you exposing yourself to enough sunshine for vitamin D?

By the Editor

According to a new study sunshine might help you live longer and for some people the health benefits possibly outweigh the skin cancer risk of skin cancer. Researchers are suggesting that because people have become frightened of getting skin cancers they are avoiding the sunshine, but sunshine offers one of the best sources of vitamin D which protects the body from a number of diseases. Sunlight stimulates the body to produce ...