visited ... Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by scientists www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/c_pp.html
Visited ... named after a Dutch whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and trappers over the following centuries, the island came under ... www.exxun.com/JanMayen/a_fg.html
visited ... growth. Tourism revenues are now the chief source of the islands' foreign exchange; about 341,800 tourists visited Nevis in 2005. The current government is constrained by a high debt burden, public debt ... www.exxun.com/SaintKittsandNevis/e_ec.html
visited ... assembly plant in Australia. Tourism is an expanding sector, accounting for 25% of GDP; 116,000 tourists visited the islands in 2006. The Samoan Government has called for deregulation of the financial sector ... www.exxun.com/Samoa/e_ec.html
visited The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2006 more than 2.1 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, clothing and apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products ... www.exxun.com/SanMarino/e_ec.html
visited ... estimate, 8,376 metric tons of Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish. In the 2006-07 Antarctic summer, 35,552 tourists visited the Southern Ocean, compared to 29,799 in 2005-2006 (estimates provided to the Antarctic Treaty by ... www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/e_ec.html
visited ... use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service Johnston Atoll: in previous years, an average of ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/c_pp.html
visitor ... economy as the tourism industry, which directly employs about 500,000 people, suffered dramatic declines in foreign visitor levels. In November 2007, the European Union announced new sanctions banning investment and trade in ... www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
visitors ... 36,460 tourists visited the Antarctic Treaty area in the 2006-07 Antarctic summer, up from the 30,877 visitors the previous year (estimates provided to the Antarctic Treaty by the International Association of Antarctica ... www.exxun.com/Antarctica/e_ec.html
visitors ... prospects in the short run rest heavily on the fortunes of the tourism sector. Tourism, in turn, depends on growth in the US, the source of more than 80% of the visitors www.exxun.com/Bahamas/e_ec.html
visitors ... an already robust international business sector. Bermuda's tourism industry - which derives over 80% of its visitors from the US - continues to struggle but remains the island's number two industry. Most ... www.exxun.com/Bermuda/e_ec.html
visitors ... foreign currency earnings. The tourist industry is aimed at the luxury market and caters mainly to visitors from North America. Total tourist arrivals exceeded 2.1 million in 2003, with about half from ... www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/e_ec.html
visitors ... interest in exploiting potential oil reserves. Tourism, especially eco-tourism, is increasing rapidly, with about 30,000 visitors in 2001. Another large source of income is interest paid on money the government has ... www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
visitors ... to the local economy, compared with 60% in 1984. The financial sector, tourism (almost 5 million visitors in 1998), shipping services fees, and duties on consumer goods also generate revenue. The financial ... www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/e_ec.html
visitors ... territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 13.6 million in 2006, when they outnumbered visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock ... www.exxun.com/HongKong/e_ec.html
visitors ... beginning in 2002 to relax travel restrictions, have reenergized Macau's tourism industry, which saw total visitors grow to 27 million in 2007, up 62% in three years. Macau's strong economic ... www.exxun.com/Macau/e_ec.html
visitors ... free luxury commerce, serving visitors primarily from North America. The luxury hotels and villas host 70,000 visitors each year with another 130,000 arriving by boat. The relative isolation and high cost of ... www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/e_ec.html
visitors ... centers around tourism with 85% of the labor force engaged in this sector. Over one million visitors come to the island each year with most arriving through the Princess Juliana International Airport ... www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/e_ec.html
visitors ... US is the leading source of tourists, accounting for more than three-quarters of the 175,000 visitors that arrived in 2004. Major sources of government revenue also include fees from offshore financial ... www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/e_ec.html
visitors ... living for 65% of the population. Fishing, offshore financial services, and tourism, with more than 60,000 visitors in 2005, are other mainstays of the economy. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has ... www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
visitors ... the primary economic activity, accounting for 80% of GDP and employment. The islands hosted 2.6 million visitors in 2005. The manufacturing sector consists of petroleum refining, textiles, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and watch assembly ... www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/e_ec.html
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