Tourism is one of the most important sectors of the economy, accounting for approximately 16. 6 % ( 2000 ) of GDP.

Tourism is the region ’ s biggest industry, directly contributing more than $ 4. 4 billion into the city economy every year and directly accounting for one in four jobs in the city There are approximately 65, 000 bed spaces, 60 kilometres of beach, 600 kilometres of canal, 100, 000 hectares of nature reserve, 500 restaurants, 40 golf courses and 6 major theme parks in the city.

Tourism has become a growing part of the economy with the opening of Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area located approximately six miles northeast of Rocksprings.

Tourism has also provided some additional funds for maintenance — as of 2000 approximately 28 % of ticket revenues across the whole Angkor site was spent on the temples — although most work is carried out by foreign government-sponsored teams rather than by the Cambodian authorities.

According to the „ Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos 2008 “ by the „ Lao National Tourism Administration “, the number of tourists has increased from approximately 18. 600 to 102. 000 from 2001 to 2008.

The NMA is also responsible to issue climbing permits for 33 mountains with altitudes between 5, 500 metres and 6, 600 metres categorised as trekking peaks, while permits for all other mountains open for climbing in Nepal ( approximately 300 peaks ) are issued by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.

359 ), authorized USACE to sell to the state of Oklahoma approximately of federally-owned land on the north shore of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma, under lease at that time to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.

The theme park was visited by approximately 345, 000 people, making the park Alabama's second-most popular tourist destination according to the Bureau of Tourism and Travel and trailing only the Birmingham Zoo.

Tourism, service sector & manufacturing contributes approximately 58 % to the economy, remittances about 20 % and the agriculture nearly 16 %.

Tourism accounts for more than $ 1 billion in annual earnings.

Tourism is the single biggest revenue earner, with receipts increasing more than tenfold from US $ 173 million in 1980 to more than US $ 2 billion by 2000.

According to the World Tourism Organization, international tourism receipts in 2002 were only US $ 73 million ( compared with US $ 730 million for Tanzania ).

Tourism earned $ 67 million in foreign exchange for Palau in 1996, accounting for roughly half of GDP.

Tourism earned $ 631 million in 1999-2000.

Tourism earned more than $ 300 million in foreign exchange for Fiji in 1998, an amount exceeding the revenue from its two largest goods exports ( sugar and garments ).

Spain's tourism direct industry GDP was € 62. 1 billion ($ 81. 8 billion ) in 2010 according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, the fifth highest tourism direct industry GDP after the United States with $ 510. 8 billion, Japan $ 172. 5 billion, China $ 113. 4 billion and France $ 107. 6 billion all also World Travel and Tourism Council 2010 figures.

Tourism is one of Italy's fastest growing and most profitable industrial sectors, with an estimated revenue of $ 43. 0 billion.

Figures from the Tourism Satellite Accounting Research, conducted by WTTC ( World Travel & Tourism Council ) project a worldwide increase in revenues in business travel to Greece from US $ 1. 51 bn.

Tourism in Banff contributes an estimated C $ 6 billion annually to the economy.

The Australian Government released the 2020 Tourism Industry Potential on 15 November 2010, and estimates the Australian tourism industry to be worth up to $ 140 billion in overnight expenditure.

On July 18, 2011, the Baltimore Sun reported that the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board approved to take $ 50, 000 out of Visit Baltimore's budget to pay for the $ 150, 000 feasibility study that the Maryland Stadium Authority approved on June 14, 2011.

Tourism, particularly in Lille at the apex of the London-Brussels-Paris railway lines, has grown considerably, to the extent that in 2004, 7 million passengers used the Eurostar, as well as 2 million vehicles on the Eurotunnel ( formerly Le Shuttle ).

Tourism revenue yields a services surplus, however, which keeps the current account of its balance of payments roughly in balance ($ 13 million in 1998 ).

Tourism remains fundamental to Gold Coast City ’ s economy, with almost 10 million visitors a year to the area.

In 2008 Bulgaria was visited by 8. 9 million tourists, as outlined by the World Tourism Organization.

During the season 2006 2. 5 million nights have been passed in the department compared to 2. 7 million in 2002 ( source: Committee for Tourism in the Department of Ain, 2006 ).

Tourism is of foremost importance with the suburban beachfront resorts of Golden Sands, Holiday Club Riviera, Sunny Day, Constantine and Helena, and others with a total capacity of over 60, 000 beds ( 2005 ), attracting millions of visitors each year ( 4. 74 million in 2006, 3. 99 million of which international tourists ).

Tourism is a major component of Taupo's commercial sector, and the city attracts over 1. 2 million visitors per year.

Tourism in Japan attracted 8. 3 million foreign visitors in 2008, slightly more than Singapore and Ireland.

Tourism on the Brocken has since then become very intense – about 1. 3 million people visit the summit of the Brocken annually.

That year, almost 60 million foreign tourists were received, according to the World Tourism Organization, which has its headquarters in Madrid.

The UNWTO's World Tourism rankings show that Denmark had 8. 7 million visitor arrivals in 2010.

Tourism during Holy Week adds over 150 million pesos to the state ’ s economy, much of which passes through the city, especially the main airport.

Tourism draws over a million visitors each year.

According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board ( HKTB ) Overall visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in 2010 totalled just over 36 million, a 21. 8 % increase over the previous year.

A 2003 Economic Impact Study conducted by Festivals and Events Ontario and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership ( OTMP ) revealed that the CNE attracted more than C $ 48 million to the City of Toronto and more than US $ 66 million to the province of Ontario.

The University continued to evolve with the expansion of programs during the 1970s and entered into several new fields, including Child Study, Public Relations, Gerontology, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Cooperative Education and Distance Education.

Additionally, the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth, & Tourism Commission divides the state into six distinct regions to facilitate the state's tourism industry.

In 1970, the IUOTO general assembly voted in favor of forming the World Tourism Organization ( WTO ), based on statutes of the IUOTO, and after ratification by the prescribed 51 states, the WTO came into operation on November 1, 1974.

Tourism and agricultural industries would develop in the latter half of the nineteenth Century, however, it was defence infrastructure that formed the central platform of the economy into the Twentieth Century.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board ( formerly Hong Kong Tourist Association ) helped move dragon boat racing into the modern era by organising the first international races back in 1976 and eventually by facilitating the donation of teak dragon ambassadors to countries around the world, starting in 1980 when three boats were sent to London England, for the Chinese Festival on the River Thames.

After Ariel Sharon won the 2001 Prime Ministerial elections, National Union was brought into the National Unity Government and party leader Rehavam Zeevi was appointed Minister of Tourism, with Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman becoming Minister of National Infrastructure.

orange Flag ) by Touring Club Italiano, as high-medieval center of tourist interest, which stands for excellence and hospitality, and it is also inserted into the World Tourism Organization.

Tourism forms an important sector of the town's economy-part of the harbour has been redeveloped into a marina, and a caravan park called Amble Links, which boasts 5 Star status, guest houses and B & Bs exist to serve visitors to the Northumberland coast.

He was escorted into Nairobi's Uhuru Park, where the signing ceremony was taking place, by Tourism minister Najib Balala.

Royal has supported the " Law against child pornography ", the creation of the association " Childhood and the Media " ( Enfance et média ) against violence in the media, the creation of the Plan Handiscole for the education of handicapped children and adolescents and their integration into life at school, programs for mass and individual transportation, and the creation of the program " Tourism and the Handicapped " ( Tourisme et handicap ).

In the year 1995 the government formed Bekal Tourism Development Corporation for transforming Bekal Fort into international tourism centre.

Tourism in the city formed into European-style architecture, cuisine, drinks, art, culture, worldview, Spanish accent and historical references of Loreto.

The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture proposed moving the elephants into several game reserves, although the proposal stalled when some residents said they wanted the elephants to remain.

The university is divided into 13 Schools ( Management School, Economics and Trade School, Machinery Engineering School, Bio-Technology and Food Technology School, Law and Politics School, Information Engineering School, Tourism Management School, Foreign Languages School, Science School, International Education School, Advanced Vocational Technology School, Continuing Education School, Boustead College and 4 teaching departments ( Basic Courses Teaching Department, School English Teaching Department, Physical Education and Health Teaching Department, and Ideology & Politics Teaching Department ).

After the resignation of David Howard, the Department of Tourism and Leisure's Director of leisure, Mike Ball, stepped in as acting director of public transport and in early 2007 the leisure and public transport divisions of the department combined into " service delivery ", Mike Ball becoming " Director of service delivery " under the minister Adrian Earnshaw appointed in November 2006.

* Tourism also has the potential to increase public appreciation of the environment and to spread awareness of environmental problems when it brings people into closer contact with the environment.

Tourism is being promoted: the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was reopened in 2001 and boat trips into Standedge Canal Tunnel are available ; the National Trust advertises walks on Marsden Moor Estate ; and television programmes such as Last of the Summer Wine and Where the Heart Is have been filmed there.

He was named as minister in the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, before assuming the new post of Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, which FitzGerald created specially through the division of the old Industry and Commerce into the Departments of Trade, Commerce, and Tourism and Industry & Energy.

Centres of research activity include: The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, The Wales Institute for Research into Cooperatives, and EUSPRIG – the spread sheet risk research centre.

In 2008, the Tourism and Hospitality magnet program introduced a marketing club, DECA, into its program ; and in 2009, the club opened up the schools first alternative breakfast cafe called Falcon Cafe run by its members and officers.

The college is divided into various schools: Space Design, Automobile & Machine, Digital Electronics, Life Science, IT, Industrial Design, Hotel and Tourism Management, Tourism Interpretation, e-Management, Health and Medical Care, Education and Welfare, and Sports Science.