VIENTIANE， March 14 (Xinhua) -- Lao outbound travelers made more than 3.05 million trips in 2016 and more people are suggested to have made longer-distance trips in foreign countries， according to the Tourism Development Department under Lao Ministry of Information， Culture and Tourism on Tuesday.
The figure posted a slight decreased from more than 3.06 million trips and the 3.3 million trips recorded in 2015 and 2014 respectively.
Of the 2016's outbound travellers， more than 1.46 million people， or about half of the total， travelled abroad through the first Laos-Thailand Friendship Bridge's border gate. The statistics， collected from 14 international checkpoints across Laos， showed that those Lao provinces sharing borders with Thailand have registered the highest numbers in terms of people crossing their checkpoints when travelling abroad. However the statistics did not specify the destinations of the travellers.
Lao officials and tour operators have noted that the increasing incomes and well-being of Lao people has enabled them to take vacations abroad. Meanwhile， tour operators said package tours to the South Korea， Malaysia， Singapore， Indonesia and Japan have been popular destinations for Lao outbound tourists， reported Lao state-run media Vientiane Times.
A government's report showed that Laos' average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita has increased to 2，027 U.S. dollars in the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The figure is expected to rise further to 2，341 U.S. dollars by 2017.
GDP per capita is expected to reach 3，100 U.S. dollars in 2020 when Lao population is expected to reach 7.3 million.
According to the Tourism Development Department， the number of Lao nationals travelling by planes increased to the highest level in 2016 compared to the previous years. Lao nationals traveling through Wattay International Airport in capital Vientiane climbed to 81，800 people in 2016， up from 81，064 people and 76，985 people in 2015 and 2014 respectively.
HELSINKI Cheap Jordan Eberle Hoodie , May 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto was buried with military honors in Helsinki on Thursday.
With some one hundred thousand people along the streets watching the hearse procession, the downtown core of Helsinki was heavy with Finnish national symbolism, in sound and vision.
The procession made short stops outside the Bank of Finland and the Presidential Palace. Koivisto was the Governor of the Bank of Finland until he was formally elected to be the Finnish president in 1982.
In his eulogy, the incumbent president Sauli Niinisto underlined continuity in the Finnish post-war foreign policy. Niinisto said that at the end of the Koivisto presidency Cheap Nick Leddy Hoodie , Finland was definitely part of Western Europe but maintained at the same time "balanced and equal" relations with the East. That was a good basis to continue to work on, Niinisto said.
Niinisto also mentioned that Koivisto aimed at reducing presidential powers in Finland after the experiences of the long tenure of Koivisto's predecessor Urho Kekkonen.
Niinisto quoted Koivisto as saying that it is better that "the power pyramid stands on its base and not on its top". "Better that major decisions have to be taken by several persons, not just one", Niinisto quoted.
Koivisto came from a humble background Cheap John Tavares Hoodie , started higher education as an adult after years as a dock worker, gained doctorate and ultimately became president. Niinisto commented that Koivisto knew the nation in all its working roles.
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