25 most tourism-dependent countries in the world
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There are many countries that depend on tourism, but some depend more than others.
Here we take a look at some nations whose economies are built around tourism, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: A reveler from the Portuguese village of Aveiro playfully chases a tourist during the Iberian Mask parade in Lisbon.
Photographs: Hugo Correia/Reuters
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British Virgin Islands
Tourism receipts per capita: $17,621
Population: 24,000
Average tourist spends: $1,285
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Image: A view of British Virgin Islands.
Photographs: Courtesy, bvitourism.com
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Macau
Tourism receipts per capita: $16,797
Population: 557,400
Average tourist spends: $900
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Image: Women play slot machines at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel in Macau.
Photographs: Victor Fraile/Reuters
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Aruba
Tourism receipts per capita: $14,771
Population: 101,484
Average tourist spends: $1,445
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Image: A kite surfer is silhouetted in Aruba.
Photographs: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
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US Virgin Islands
Tourism receipts per capita: $12,466
Population: 106,405
Average tourist spends: $2,495
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Image: A view of a beach on US Virgin Islands.
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Turks and Caicos
Tourism receipts per capita: $12,420
Population: 44,493
Average tourist spends: $1,885
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Image: A view of Turks and Caicos.
Photographs: Courtesy, turksandcaicostourism.com
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Cayman Islands
Tourism receipts per capita: $12,042
Population: 55,456
Average tourist spends: $1,995
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Image: The downtown waterfront area of Georgetown, Grand Caymans, the capital of the island.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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Luxembourg
Tourism receipts per capita: $7,909
Population: 511,800
Average tourist spends: $4,170
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Image: A view of the city of Luxembourg.
Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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Bahamas
Tourism receipts per capita: $6,288
Population: 353,658
Average tourist spends: $1,205
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Bermuda
Tourism receipts per capita: $5,451
Population: 64,237
Average tourist spends: $1,305
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Image: A view of a Bermuda beach.
Photographs: Courtesy, bermuda.com
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Anguilla
Tourism receipts per capita: $5,319
Population: 15,236
Average tourist spends: $1,280
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Antigua and Barbuda
Tourism receipts per capita: $4,947
Population: 86,295
Average tourist spends: $1,375
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Palau
Tourism receipts per capita: $4,842
Population: 21,000
Average tourist spends: $1,020
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Image: An aerial view of islands in Palau.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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Cook Islands
Tourism receipts per capita: $3,396
Population: 17,791
Average tourist spends: $865
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Cyprus
Tourism receipts per capita: $2,904
Population: 838,897
Average tourist spends: $960
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Image: A view of Larnaca beach, Cyprus.
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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St Kitts and Nevis
Tourism receipts per capita: $2,652
Population: 54,000
Average tourist spends: $875
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Image: A view of capital Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis.
Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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French Polynesia
Tourism receipts per capita: $2,076
Population: 274,000
Average tourist spends: $2,610
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Image: Surfers look at a rainbow in Teahupoo, Tahiti.
Photographs: Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters
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Malta
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,990
Population: 417,617
Average tourist spends: $1,090
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Image: Visitors watch re-enactors perform sword fights during the Medieval Mdina Festival in Mdina, Malta's former capital city.
Photographs: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
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St Lucia
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,985
Population: 166,526
Average tourist spends: $1,090
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Image: Rodney Bay in St Lucia.
Photographs: Simon Baker/Reuters
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Austria
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,876
Population: 8,452,835
Average tourist spends: $790
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Image: A traditional Fiaker horse carriage passes Burgtheater theatre at Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring street in Vienna.
Photographs: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
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Croatia
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,523
Population: 4,290,612
Average tourist spends: $865
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Image: People walk through streets of Croatia's most popular Adriatic destination of Dubrovnik.
Photographs: Nikola Solic/Reuters
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Lebanon
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,433
Population: 4,259,000
Average tourist spends: $4,230
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Image: An aerial view shows Saint-George Yacht Club surrounded by construction work in Beirut.
Photographs: Cynthia Karam/Reuters
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Switzerland
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,417
Population: 7,952,600
Average tourist spends: $1,405
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Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Hong Kong
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,313
Population: 7,103,700
Average tourist spends: $660
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Image: An aerial view showing the Legislative Council building located in Hong Kong's Central business district.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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Egypt
Tourism receipts per capita: $1,275
Population: 82,240,000
Average spent per tourist: $245
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Image: Tourists take pictures at the Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.
Photographs: Jamal Saidi/Reuters
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