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The Week in Figures (19/10/11)

68,000

Chinese tourists visited Flanders in 2010, an increase of 23.8% on the previous year, but still far below the peak year 2004 when the region attracted 106,000 Chinese visitors

48%

of all euthanasia requests are carried out, according to a study by the universities of Ghent and Leuven. In 23% of cases the patient died before the request could be approved

132,447

students have enrolled this year in one of Flanders' 24 university colleges, 5.1% more than last year. In the last five years, colleges have added 30,000 students to their rolls, the equivalent of the whole University of Ghent

1,467 square km

of the territory of Flanders is woodland, according to a new database from the federal economy ministry, or 11% of the total surface. Hoeilaart is the most wooded municipality in the region, with woodland covering 56% of its area

 

(October 18, 2011)