MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 04/12/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome, it's time for your Economy News.
00:11In Morocco, the number of internal tourists has risen to 30 million.
00:15These are the words of the Minister of Tourism, Crafts and Social Economy, Fatem Zahra Amour.
00:21In the House of Representatives, the Minister stressed that these figures confirm that Moroccan tourism is the first client of the Moroccan destination.
00:29Internal tourism is now a lever for economic, social and territorial development, contributing to the creation of jobs and the dynamization of connected sectors at the local level.
00:38However, the sector suffers from the problem of seasonality, according to the Minister.
00:44The data reveal that the demand exceeds the current supply, especially during the summer holidays.
00:49In Morocco, internal tourism has received special attention in the new roadmap of the tourism sector.
00:56Two specific sectors have been planned, according to the Minister.
01:00These are seaside and nature and discoveries, with the aim of developing new tourist products, adapted to the needs of Moroccan tourists throughout the year and not only during the summer period.
01:12In light of the economic news, the unemployment rate in Spain has fallen by 0.6% in November compared to the same period in the previous year, reaching 2.58 million, the lowest level for this month since 2007.
01:27According to the Ministry of Labor, this decline is mainly explained by bumps in education and trade.
01:33Despite the loss of 118,721 jobs in the hotel sector, this decrease occurs despite a drop of 30,051 social security affiliates, bringing the total to 21.3 million people, according to the data published by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration.
01:52In annual terms, the job market remains dynamic, with an increase of 496,389 employees and a decrease of 148,813 unemployed compared to November 2023.
02:07We continue our newspaper in Turkey, where inflation continued to slow down in November for the sixth consecutive month, at 47.1% over a year, against 48.6% in October.
02:20According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the increase in prices for consumption fueled by the weakness of the Turkish book has been established at 2.2% over a month.
02:29The continuous surge in prices concerns education in particular with 92.5%, housing 74.4%, hotel and restaurant with 59.4% and health expenses with 52.8%.
02:45The Turkish Central Bank released its inflation forecasts in early November, now targeting a 44% rate at the end of the year, against 38% in its August forecast.
02:56Faced with this slower pace than expected inflation, the bank maintained its main directorial rate of 50% for the eighth consecutive month, at the end of November.
03:07In international economic news, the United Nations also estimated the annual cost of drought, fueled by climate change and unsustainable management of water and soil resources, to be close to 300 billion euros.
03:22In a report published on the second day of COP16 on desertification, the UN specified that droughts should reach 75% of the world's population by 2050, calling for urgent investments in solutions based on nature.
03:39These solutions are aimed at reducing losses and increasing agricultural income, while offering climatic and environmental benefits, the UN document entitled Economy of Drought says, investing in solutions based on nature for resilience against drought.
03:57China has now announced restrictions on the export of essential components for the manufacture of electronic chips to the United States, after new restrictions from Washington targeting the Chinese semiconductors sector.
04:11Materials aimed at the new Chinese rules, such as gallium, germanium and antimony, must now obtain a license before being exported to the United States, while exports intended for military use are strictly prohibited.
04:26This announcement follows a third wave of restrictions announced on Monday by Washington on the sales to China of semiconductors and equipment used in the manufacture of precious chips.
04:37The goal is to impede China's ability to acquire and produce the technologies necessary for its military modernization, said the US Department of Commerce.
04:48China accounts for 94% of the world's production of gallium, a strategic metal used in solar panels or radars, according to a report published this year by the European Union.
05:00China is also the source of 83% of germanium, a metallode used in the manufacture of optical fibers or infrared receptors.