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LISBON Air Max Danmark , May 21 (Xinhua) -- The 18-day Flower Festival concluded on Sunday in Funchal, Capital of Portugal's Madeira Autonomous Region in the Atlantic Ocean, which attracted a record 77,000 visitors from both home and abroad.


The city center of Funchal decorated with various species of colorful flowers had been immersed in an air of festivity throughout the festival. Crowds of people flocked there to admire the beautiful flower carpets, flower walls and folk songs and dances.


On May 6 morning, hundreds of children Air Max Tilbud , dressed in beautiful costumes and accompanied by their parent, marched in the streets with flowers in their hands towards their destination Municipal Square. The children in a long queue built the Wall of Hope with flowers to wish for world peace. More than 1,000 doves were released into the air, a symbol also for peace.


The next day's afternoon, a grand parade of flowers, which attracted most of the visitors during the festival Air Max 95 LX Dame Grå Hvid Tilbud , was held at Avenue de Mar just next to the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of revellers, most of them girls and children, all dressed in costumes and crowns decorated with flowers, sang and danced all along the street.


A retired Dutch couple said that their son recommended Madeira after his March trip. "We choose to visit Madeira during the Flower Festival and really enjoy the happy time the festival is bringing to us," they told Xinhua.


Madeira Island is known as the Island of Flower with its sub-tropical climate best for growth of various species of flowers in the world. The Flower Festival, held annually between April and May is meant to celebrate the advent of the Spring season.


Besides the grand parade of flowers Air Max Plus 270 Herre Hvid Sort Tilbud , concerts, traditional songs and dances and classic car show are also held during the festival which is dated back to 1954.


Eduardo Jusus, Secretary of Economy, Tourism and Culture of Madeira Autonomous Region government, said that tourism industry, the pillar of the economy in the Madeira Island Air Max TN Herre Sort Tilbud , accounts for about a quarter of its economic output.


He said the Funchal municipal government has invested some 420,000 euros for this year's Flower Festival and the hotel occupancy rate in Madeira reached more than 90 percent. The duration of the Flower Festival will be extended for one more week next year, he added.


Jusus said that there have not been quite a lot of Chinese travellers to visit Madeira so far and he hopes that the direct flight between Lisbon and Beijing due to open in July will bring more Chinese visitors to Madeira.


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TORONTO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market in Toronto dipped into negative territory Tuesday after crude oil prices fell back over Saudi plans on no production cuts.


The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor'sTSX Composite Index lost 82.19 points Air Max TN Dame Hvid Tilbud , or 0.64 percent, to close at 12,763.44 points. Five of the TSX index's eight main sub-sectors were lower.


Oil prices backpedaled Tuesday after Saudi Arabia ruled out production cuts. Major oil exporters including Saudi Arabia and Russia have proposed to freeze output at January levels only if other producers join them.


The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery moved down 1.52 U.S. dollars to settle at 31.87 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for April delivery declined 1.42 U.S. dollars to close at 33.27 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.


Consequently, TSX energy group saw a 3.63 percent retreat. Canadian Natural Resources Limited went down 4.47 percent, while Calgary-based energy producer Encana Corporation declined 8.59 percent and Suncor Energy Inc Air Max 95 Herre Sort Tilbud , Canada's largest oil and gas company, lost 3.42 percent.


The Canadian federal government has confirmed plans to provide 251.4 million Canadian dollars (182.6 million U.S. dollars) to Alberta under a program designed to help provinces hit by sudden revenue downturns.


The western Canadian province of Alberta has been sideswiped by collapsing oil prices and the little-known fiscal stabilization program provides help when provincial revenues fall by more than five percent from one year to the next.


The northeastern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which has also been hit by sagging oil prices, may also qualify for the program and the federal government says it will quickly assess such a claim if the province applies for money.


On Tuesday, Bank of Montreal (BMO) and National Bank of Canada kicked off the fiscal first-quarter reporting season for the big banks, with a mix of good and not-so-good news that will likely set the tone for the rest of the reporting season Air Max 90 Pinnacle Herre Triple Sort Tilbud , if not the entire year.


BMO's profit rose 7 percent over last year, to nearly 1.1 billion Canadian dollars, no doubt providing some relief to anyone who felt that the depressed energy sector, low interest rates and weak Canadian economy were going to exert some influence during the quarter.


With National Bank's 165 million Canadian dollars writedown on its investment in Maple Financial Group during the quarter, its adjusted profit rose 4 percent, to 427 million Air Max 90 EZ Herre Hvid Tilbud , ahead of analysts' estimates.


However, in the resource-linked Toronto market, the banks were headed reverse despite better-than-expected earnings, down 0.93 percent as a sector.


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