So far in 2009, Amadeus has seen online travel agency bookings in Asia Pacific grow by 21% compared to the same period last year.

2009年至今为止，艾玛迪斯数据显示亚太地区的在线旅行社预订量同比增长了21%。

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Another notable growth market in the Asia-Pacific region is Australia, where business-to-consumer online sales are expected to grow to $29.9 billion 2015 from $17.3 billion this year.

在亚太地区，澳大利亚以另一个不可忽视的增长市场，其企业对消费者的在线销售额预计能从今年的173亿美元增长到2015年的299亿美元。

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If you're familiar with other online games, patching is generally around the middle of the night Pacific or Eastern Time in the US.

如果你熟悉其它在线游戏，在美国补丁一般是在太平洋或东部时间的午夜进行。

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For Asia as a whole, according to David Johnson and Franklin Zimring writing in the online Asia-Pacific Journal, 16 out of 29 jurisdictions have abolished the death penalty, either definitively or in fact, whereas 13 retain it.

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Though the percentage contribution might decline in the future as higher demand from Asia-Pacific and Latin America outpace demand growth from Europe, the European online travel market offers higher growth opportunities compared to the US. The European online travel sales is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% till 2016 as compared to 4.8% CAGR for the US online travel market.

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While TripAdvisor is currently the number 1 online travel community in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, it implicitly competes with large social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter which also offer a forum for users to discuss travel plans and exchange reviews.

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