tourism
fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/b_mp.html
Tourism
... almost 500 banks, 800 insurers, and 5,000 mutual funds. A stock exchange was opened in 1997. Tourism is also a mainstay, accounting for about 70% of GDP and 75% of foreign currency ...
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/e_ec.html
tourism
tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/e_ec.html
tourism
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/e_ec.html
tourism
... upgrade education and technical training, privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, improve health services, diversify exports, promote tourism, and reduce the high population growth rate. The political problems caused the economy to contract ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
tourism
... accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state assets, the strengthening of economic management, the encouragement of tourism, and a debt restructuring agreement, have rekindled investment and growth
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
tourism
... Although it still maintains a large agricultural sector, Costa Rica has expanded its economy to include strong technology and tourism industries. The standard of living is relatively high. Land ownership is widespread
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/a_fg.html
Tourism
... to the growth of the high-tech manufacturing sector, which is dominated by the microprocessor industry. Tourism continues to bring in foreign exchange, as Costa Rica's impressive biodiversity makes it a ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
tourism
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism
www.exxun.com/Croatia/e_ec.html
tourism
... the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced child labor; Cuba is a major destination for sex tourism, which largely caters to European, Canadian, and Latin American tourists and involves large numbers of ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/i_ti.html
tourism
... most important sectors. Erratic growth rates over the past decade reflect the economy's reliance on tourism, which often fluctuates with political instability in the region and economic conditions in Western Europe ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
Tourism
... depends on agriculture, primarily bananas, and remains highly vulnerable to climatic conditions and international economic developments. Tourism has increased as the government seeks to promote Dominica as an "ecotourism" destination. In 2003 ...
www.exxun.com/Dominica/e_ec.html
tourism
... represent about a tenth of GDP, equivalent to almost half of exports and three-quarters of tourism receipts. With the help of strict fiscal targets agreed to in the 2004 renegotiation of ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/e_ec.html
tourism
textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures
www.exxun.com/Egypt/e_ec.html
tourism
... government has pursued economic diversification, with some success in promoting textile production, international port services, and tourism through tax incentives. It is committed to opening the economy to trade and investment, and ...
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
tourism
... equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems, electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/e_ec.html
Tourism
... to defuse licensing and sovereignty conflicts that would dampen foreign interest in exploiting potential oil reserves. Tourism, especially eco-tourism, is increasing rapidly, with about 30,000 visitors in 2001. Another large source ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
tourism
... subsidies. Sugar processing makes up one-third of industrial activity but is not efficient. Fiji's tourism industry was damaged by the December 2006 coup and is facing an uncertain recovery time ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/e_ec.html
tourism
... to roughly 8%. With at least 75 million foreign tourists per year, France is the most visited country in the world and maintains the third largest income in the world from tourism
www.exxun.com/France/e_ec.html
Tourism
... the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply. Tourism accounts for about one-fourth of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/e_ec.html
tourism
... s natural beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger markets for tourism in West Africa. The government's 1998 seizure of the private peanut firm Alimenta eliminated ...
www.exxun.com/Gambia/e_ec.html
