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Tourism
* accounts for about one-fourth of GDP and primary source of hard currency earnings.
* affects both regional development and the transports sector
  - the livelihoods of the poor by changing their access to assets
* also allows people to get away from everyday life and put themselves into different worlds
  - contributes significantly to the economy
  - creates jobs and offers opportunities to expand an economy at a relatively low cost
  - educates travelers about other cultures, thereby fostering understanding
  - has direct and indirect effects on coral reefs
  - is an important source of income
  - major industry for rural areas
* also plays a considerable role in the economy
  - major role in the economy
  - significant role in the economy
  - provides a major incentive for protecting and managing natural coastlines sustainably
  - solid earner of foreign currency for the United States
* brings benefits
  - economic benefits
  - money into a community without requiring additional services, such as schools
* brings significant benefits
* business for tourism service providers.
* can also increase the value attributed to minority cultures by national policy-makers
  - be a powerful tool for economic and social development
  - bring many benefits, both direct and indirect, to mountain people and economies
  - contribute directly to the conservation of sensitive areas and habitats
* can play a key role in sustainable development
  - significant role in reducing poverty, if based upon long-terms strategies
* causes environmental, social and economic problems.
* clean industry.
* collects statistical reports on tourism and other areas.
* complex industry.
* comprises both domestic and international travel
  - the activities of visitors traveling for leisure, business and other purposes
* constitutes one of the most important sources of income for the Turkish government.
* continues to be a mainstay of northern Nevada's economy
  - the main foreign exchange earner
* contributes both directly and indirectly to the state's economy
  - greatly to the economy of the Rocky Mountain states and provinces
  - significantly to the Canadian economy
* creates at present the most number of jobs out of all of the world's economic sectors
  - jobs and helps people realise dreams way beyond the travel and hospitality industry
  - more jobs than any other sector for every rupee invested
* depends largely on the diversity and abundance of animals.
* depletes water supplies, especially in national economies such as Austria and Spain.
* developing industry.
* differs from travel as leisure differs from labor.
* dominates the Bahamian economy
  - service sector and is the most important source of foreign exchange earnings
* drives growth.
* drives significant business growth
* dynamic and industry based specialism, global in nature and real world oriented.
* employs one-third of the working population directly or indirectly.
* enjoys a big share of the world services sector.
* fact of life in the modern world.
* focuses on appreciation.
* fragmented industry largely made up of many small businesses.
* generates valuable foreign exchange for many developing countries.
* global business
  - industry that is made up of many different fragmented segments
* growing industry in the Inuit economy
  - sector in Grenada
  - specialty within geography
* growth industry - a leading creator of jobs
  - as people of the world discover our enthusiasm for the great outdoors
  - because of the country's many attractions
* has a high impact, socially and economically, on small-scale societies and communities
  - dimensions
  - disturbances
  - economic dimensions
* has the possibility of becoming one of the biggest industries in future in the entire world
  - potential to make a major contribution to the development of rural areas
* implies that people come to look and to see and to be served.
* is America's largest business service export
  - Aruba's main industry
  - Cuba's biggest source of hard currency followed by minerals, sugar and tobacco
* is Egypt's most lucrative economic activity
  - primary source of revenue
  - second largest source of foreign currency
  - top foreign exchange earner
  - Guatemala's second largest earner of foreign exchange
  - Hawaii's largest industry
  - Honolulu's largest source of income
  - Jordan's second-largest generator of foreign exchange after remittances
  - Kenya's largest foreign exchange earner
* is Kenya's second foreign currency earner after agriculture
  - Mexico's second largest earner of foreign exchange
  - Pennsylvania s second-largest industry
  - Spain's biggest industry
  - about leisure as well as discovery
  - acknowledged as one of the world's leading industries in the new century
  - almost as large an earner of foreign exchange as sugar
* is also a major industry as well as a vital source of foreign exchange
  - sector of Alaska's economy
  - source of income for Greece
  - threat to turtles
  - significant source of revenue and foreign exchange
  - source of foreign earnings
  - an important and developing industry
* is also an important economic activity
  - industry in West Flanders
  - part of the economy
  - increasingly important sector of the economy
* is also important to Luxembourg 's tertiary sector
  - Portland's economy
* is also one of the industries most affected by the Internet revolution
  - state's most important industries
  - world's fastest-growing industries
  - very important, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast
  - vitally important to the state economy
* is among the largest and fastest growing industries globally
  - three largest industries in each of the western states
* is an activity with a high development potential
  - appropriate route to economic growth in most developing countries
  - emerging industry
  - example of humans yielding well-being from cultural services
* is an important and growing industry
  - source of income and employment for many small island states
  - contributor to the country's economy
* is an important earner of foreign currency for the country
  - exchange for the economy
  - engine of economic growth and job creation
  - growth sector
  - industry for Italy, the world's fourth most popular tourist destination
* is an important industry in Florida
  - Turkey
  - that also provides many jobs
* is an important part of Europe's economy
  - Hampshire's economy
  - Nairobi's economy
  - Pennsylvania's economy
* is an important part of the Las Vegas economy
  - economy of Azerbaijan
  - service sector of the economy
  - sector in the provincial economy
* is an important source of foreign currency, and Jordan counts on it to grow
  - value-added industry
  - important, even vital, source of income for many regions and countries
  - irreversible social, human, economic and cultural fact
* is another industry vulnerable to large swings in seasonal climate
  - issue that plagues indigenous peoples around the globe
  - key industry for development in Kyrgyzstan
  - big business, and a major part of their economy
  - central to the economy of many countries in the Caribbean
  - challenging agriculture as the more important economic sector
  - commercial enterprises
  - common where there are concentrations of lakes
  - considered the number four industry globally
* is currently the highest foreign exchange earner
  - state's second largest industry
  - embedded in a sustainable, interrelated economy that is specific for the region
* is important to the economy and leading source of foreign exchange
  - important, especially in areas around lakes
* is increasingly important to economic development, especially in the coastal regions
  - the economy of every country
* is now a major industry and source of foreign exchange
  - one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries
* is now the biggest foreign exchange earner in the Australian economy
  - country's principal source of foreign exchange
* is now the largest business sector in the world
  - single economic activity in the world, and continues to grow
  - state's third largest source of revenue, after lumber and agriculture
* is one of Arizona's primary economic engines
  - Arkansas' most important industries
  - Australia s largest and fastest-growing industries
  - Australia's fastest growing and economically important industries
  - Mexico's principal sources of foreign exchange
  - Pennsylvania's largest industries
  - Scotland s largest industries
* is one of the areas on which Francophones are focussing their economic development efforts
  - biggest elements of the Egyptian economy
* is one of the country's important sources of income
  - top foreign exchange earners
  - fastest growing sectors of the economy since independence
  - growth sectors of the world economy
  - largest industries in the world
  - most dynamic and competitive industries in Canada and around the world
* is one of the most important industries after mining
  - industries in Mexico
  - sectors in Egypt's economy
  - successful sectors of the UK economy
  - primary industries of New Orleans
  - prominent and important aspects of life
  - state's largest industries
  - two largest sectors of the island's economy
  - world's fastest growing industries
* is one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries
  - and most diverse industries
  - part of the concept of sustainable development
  - perhaps the most visible industry in terms of ownership by foreigners
  - recognised as a growth industry
  - regarded as one of the most successful applications of electronic commerce
  - seen as the country's hope for self-sustainability
* is the Gulf Coast's biggest industry in terms of economic impact and workforce
  - basis of the island's economy
  - biggest source of Corsican economy
  - chief economic activity of the islands of Venice
  - civilian aspect of imperialism
* is the country's primary industry
  - prime source of income, followed by export of raw sugar and molasses
  - principal generator of hard currency
  - second leading foreign exchange earner
  - fastest-growing industry today
  - field where networking began first
  - first and most important sector of a developing economy
  - harbinger of good relations among Arab countries
* is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world
  - fastest-growing industry in the world
  - foreign-exchange earning industry
* is the largest source of foreign exchange
  - income for Florida
* is the leading foreign exchange earner, followed by agricultural exports
  - private industry
  - sector in the Caribbean
* is the main means by which countries can afford to do so
  - service industry and has undergone steady growth in recent years
* is the major contributor to the economy
  - economic activity and is largely concentrated in the marine ecosystem
  - foreign exchange earner for Kenya
  - source of income in the summer and skiing in the winter
* is the most important growth area in both economies
  - industry, and there growing offshore financial services sector
  - sector in the economy
  - foreign exchange revenue
  - nation s third-largest retail sales industry, according to industry figures
  - number one economic endeavor, which provides wealth to our economy
  - primary economic engine which drives the Central Florida economy
* is the primary source of hard currency earnings
  - revenue and jobs for many islands
  - principal export for one third of developing countries
  - role resulting from the fusion of the exploratory and the ignorant
* is the second biggest money-earner, after agriculture
  - largest industry in the province of British Columbia
* is the second largest source of currency in Mexico
  - foreign exchange in Uganda
  - second-largest source of foreign exchange
* is the state's fourth largest industry, after high-tech, aerospace and agriculture
  - largest industry in terms of revenue
  - main source of income
  - second largest industry after mining
  - second-largest industry, after manufacturing
* is the state's third largest industry
  - leading industry
  - sum total of a travel experience
* is the third biggest source of foreign exchange in Malaysia
  - largest industry for Mexico
  - major area of the Philippines economy
  - weakest component of consumer spending
  - world s largest industry
  - world's fastest growing industry
* is the world's largest and fastest-growing industry
  - industry employing one of every nine people worldwide
  - industry, affecting the lives of millions of people
  - single largest industry
  - today the highest single foreign exchange earner
* is vital to the economy and provides a large portion of foreign-exchange earnings
* key industry for southern Africa
  - industry, providing a large portion of GDP and foreign exchange earnings
  - part of Cairo's economy
* kind of travel that deconstructs difference.
* land-dependent industry.
* languishes when vile garbage washes up on shorelines.
* large market in The Gambia.
* leads to visitors.
* lets countries earn income by leaving their wilderness intact.
* lies fourth as a foreign exchange earner.
* major Australian export industry
  - and rapidly growing industry
  - area of new growth
  - business in most of Tasmania
  - contributor to the Quebec City economy
  - earner and increasingly important to the national economy
* major economic component of Maine's economy
  - factor in the Kingdom of Thailand
  - employer of young people and one of the largest seasonal employers of students
* major foreign currency earner
  - income source for many southwestern communities
  - industry both within New Zealand and world wide
* major industry in California, and it depends on the weather in all kinds of ways
  - Goa
  - Utah
  - Zimbabwe
  - industry, as is agriculture
  - player in the local and state economies
* major source of commerce
* major source of foreign exchange earnings
  - hard-currency earnings
* major source of income for many countries
  - of the countries bordering the Mediterranean
  - revenue for developing countries
* makes an important contribution to the Canadian economy.
* massive industry throughout the world.
* means different things to different people.
* money making business especially in the countries with low capital.
* multi-billion dollar business.
* new and developing industry.
* particularly important player in the small business sector.
* plays a crucial role in forming the images of nation among people around the world.
* plays a key role in foreign currency earnings
  - the reconstruction of Croatia's economy
  - an important role in the economy
* popular force that transcends boundaries and frontiers.
* poses some threats to the environment, especially the endangered sea turtle.
* primary source in Umbria.
* principal component of the tertiary sector.
* provides a major portion of foreign exchange
  - an important source of revenue for economic growth
* rapidly expanding industry.
* rapidly growing industry and one of the mainstays of the economy
  - sector that offers more and more employment opportunities
* reduces the taxes paid by the average Maine citizen.
* remains one of the only industries to which the ordinary people have access.
* remains the key earner of foreign exchange
  - major source of foreign currency and the dominant support for the economy
* significant earner of foreign exchange
  - market for luxury goods
* substantial source of foreign exchange.
* sunrise industry for Namibia.
* tends to generate high levels of employment Tourism can benefit many sectors of the economy.
* very inportant industry in many latin american cultures.
* vital component of economic development in New Mexico
  - part of the nation's economy
* voluntary activity and people make choices.
+ Antigua and Barbuda, Economy: Commonwealth realms :: Current monarchies
  * Tourism is the main part of the economy. Antigua is famous for its many luxury resorts. Investment banking and financial services are also important.
+ Cantabria
  * There are often pictures of red deer found from this area of Spain. There are also other unusual symbols that can be found. This attracts much interest and many tourists to this culture. The Cantabrian life revolves mainly around art, tourism, and fishing. Rich deposits of coal, iron, and zinc are also mined in the Cantabrian Mountains. Tourism is a very large part of the Cantabrian life, and their economic success.
+ Corsica, Economy: Mediterranean Islands :: Regions of France
  * Tourism is the biggest source of Corsican economy. The island has a pleasant climate, beautiful mountains and really beautiful coastlines that make it a popular destination among the French and other Western Europeans. However, the island has not had the same level of intensive development as other parts of the Mediterranean. Tourism is particularly concentrated in the area around Porto Vecchio and Bonifacio in the south of the island and Calvi in the northwest.
+ Craig, Alaska: Cities in Alaska
  * Commercial fishing brings much of the income in Craig. There are two harbors in the center of town. Tourism provides jobs and income to the community. Lodges are available to guests who visit the island for the salmon fishing as well as black bear and deer hunting. Another main employer in Craig is the U.S. Forest Service.
+ Economy of Azerbaijan, Tourism
  * Tourism is an important part of the economy of Azerbaijan. In the recent years, Azerbaijan has also becoming a popular destination for religious, spa, and health care tourism. During winter, the ski resorts such as Shahdag Winter Complex are popular with foreign visitors.
+ Espaillat Province, Economy: Provinces of the Dominican Republic
  * Tourism is a very important activity on the Atlantic coast, with many hotels in the region.
+ Ganges, Economical Significance: Rivers of India :: Rivers of Bangladesh
  * Industries which require a large amount of water are set up on the banks of the river. The Ganges is popular for river rafting, which attract many adventurers in the summer months. Tourism is also a related acivity. In the modern times many resorts are made near the river.
+ Goderich, Ontario: Towns in Ontario :: 1827 establishments
  * Goderich is located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, at the mouth of the Maitland River. Tourism is important to the local economy. It is popular with tourists for the sunsets over the lake.
+ Greece, Economy: European Union member states
  * Greece is a capitalist country, like the United States and France. Tourism is also a major source of income for Greece. Currently, the country is cutting costs and asking for loans in order to avoid bankruptcy. Greece also has a deficit, meaning that it buys more things than it sells.
+ Isle of Wight
  * Many people like to go on holiday on the island. There are a lot of hotels and things for tourists to do there. The island really is quite spectacular. Queen Victoria used to like to visit the Isle of Wight where she had a house called 'Osbourne House'. Tourism is the most important industry on the island.
+ Israel, Economy, Tourism
  * Tourism is one of the country's important sources of income. Tourists visit many archaeological, historical and religious sites, museums, nature reserves and beach resorts in Israel.
+ Kiribati
  * Kiribati is one of the poorest nations in the Pacific Ocean. It has few natural resources. Tourism is an important industry.
+ Monaco: Monaco :: Italian-speaking countries :: French-speaking countries :: Current monarchies
  * It is near southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in Western Europe. French is the most common language spoken in Monaco. Tourism is the main industry. People in Monaco pay no income tax.
+ Nusa Lembongan: Bali :: Lesser Sunda Islands
  * Tourism is the most important part of the economy of the island. Most tourist development is on the western side of the island at Mushroom Bay and Jungut Batu. Most local residents live in the central village of Nusa Lembongan. The other major industry is seaweed farming along the southwest coast between Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Cenignan.
+ Port Antonio, Jamaica
  * In the 1880s Lorenzo Dow Baker started the banana trade in Jamaica which made Port Antonio grow quickly, with more and more tourists arriving and departing in the banana boats. Its population 1982 was 12,285 growing to 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for bananas and coconuts, as well as one of its most important tourist attractions. Tourism is a major contributor to the town's economy.
+ Samaná Province, Economy
  * Tourism is very important in the province because of the beautiful beaches in the province.
+ Switzerland, Economy: German-speaking countries :: French-speaking countries :: Italian-speaking countries
  * The banks of Switzerland and the insurance companies in Switzerland together produce eleven per cent of the gross domestic product. Tourism is important in Switzerland. There are many places for tourists. Davos, St. Moritz, Pontresina and Flims are in Switzerland.
+ Tasman Peninsula, Early history: Geography of Tasmania :: Peninsulas
  * The prison at Port Arthur is now a tourist attraction. Tourism is a major business in most of Tasmania. Bushwalking is also popular in the remote parts of the peninsula. Popular places to walk to include Cape Raoul and Cape Pillar at the south west and south east ends of the Peninsula, on either side of the entrance to Port Arthur.
+ Ticino, Economy
  * The weather in the canton is often inverse to that north of the Alps. This, and a warmer climate in general, attracts many tourists from other Swiss cantons. The lakes together with the sunshine are considered attractive. Tourism is the single most important economic factor in the canton.
+ Torbay: Unitary authorities in Devon
  * Torbay' is a Unitary authority in England. 120,000 people live there. It is on the south coast and has over 20 beaches. Tourism is very important to the local economy.
+ Tourism, Damage tourism can bring
  * Tourism can bring damage to the local area. Litter, scuba-diving and deforestation are problems for popular places such as St. Lucia, Hawaii and other exotic places. Scuba-diving can cause damage to coral reefs which are home to hundreds of species of sea animals.
  * Tourism can damage the local culture, and certain local traditions are being put aside for tourists.
+ West Flanders, Industry: Provinces of Belgium :: Flanders
+ Zanzibar, Economy, Other options: Geography of Tanzania
  * Tourism is a major foreign currency earner. A number of new hotels and resorts having been built in recent years.