Prices rose after Libyan gas was cut off as a result of the country's uprising and a lot of Qatari LNG has found a new destination in Japan, deprived of much of its nuclear power since the disaster at its Fukushima plant.
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Some 10 million visitors fly in and out of the country every year from all over the world (though one popular destination, the vacation island of Phuket, is about an hour's flight from either Singapore or Bangkok).
Human trafficking, or the smuggling of people for the purposes of forced labor in a destination country, is also a growing problem, although it's difficult to measure.
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The hawaladar works with a colleague--often a friend or a family member--in the destination country who delivers an equal amount of cash, less a small fee, usually within 24 hours.
Luxor lies on the banks of the River Nile in the south of the country, and has long been a popular tourist destination.
The restoration of peace was expected to aid the country's promotion as a tourist destination in the long term.
It added that Lithuania had been identified by the police as a source location for trafficked victims in the UK, while Italy is both a destination country for trafficking victims and a transit country for co-ordination and onward trafficking of victims from Eastern Europe and Africa.
He knew that while individual boxcars took too long to find their way across country, so-called unit trains, long, complete trains of a single good going to a single destination, could arrive in half the time.
Its infrastructure, rule of law, and climate for opportunity have been emphasised in a more effective way than appearing at any number of international Expo events, showing in the process what a fine destination for talent or capital the country is.
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