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25 most tourism-dependent countries in the world

Last updated on: June 25, 2012 14:17 IST
A reveler from the Portuguese village of Aveiro playfully chases a tourist during the Iberian Mask parade in Lisbon.

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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25 most tourism-dependent countries in the world

Last updated on: June 25, 2012 14:17 IST
A view of British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin Islands

Tourism receipts per capita: $17,621

Population: 24,000

Average tourist spends: $1,285

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25 most tourism-dependent countries in the world

Last updated on: June 25, 2012 14:17 IST
Women play slot machines at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel in Macau.

Macau

Tourism receipts per capita: $16,797

Population: 557,400

Average tourist spends: $900

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A kite surfer is silhouetted in Aruba.

Aruba

Tourism receipts per capita: $14,771

Population: 101,484

Average tourist spends: $1,445

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A view of a beach on US Virgin Islands.

US Virgin Islands

Tourism receipts per capita: $12,466

Population: 106,405

Average tourist spends: $2,495

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A view of Turks and Caicos.

Turks and Caicos

Tourism receipts per capita: $12,420

Population: 44,493

Average tourist spends: $1,885

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Last updated on: June 25, 2012 14:17 IST
The downtown waterfront area of Georgetown, Grand Caymans, the capital of the island.

Cayman Islands

Tourism receipts per capita: $12,042

Population: 55,456

Average tourist spends: $1,995

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A view of the city of Luxembourg.

Luxembourg

Tourism receipts per capita: $7,909

Population: 511,800

Average tourist spends: $4,170

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Bahamas

Tourism receipts per capita: $6,288

Population: 353,658

Average tourist spends: $1,205

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A view of a Bermuda beach.

Bermuda

Tourism receipts per capita: $5,451

Population: 64,237

Average tourist spends: $1,305

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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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An aerial view of islands in Palau.

Palau

Tourism receipts per capita: $4,842

Population: 21,000

Average tourist spends: $1,020

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Cook Islands

Tourism receipts per capita: $3,396

Population: 17,791

Average tourist spends: $865

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A view of Larnaca beach, Cyprus.

Cyprus

Tourism receipts per capita: $2,904

Population: 838,897

Average tourist spends: $960

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A view of capital Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis.

St Kitts and Nevis

Tourism receipts per capita: $2,652

Population: 54,000

Average tourist spends: $875

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Surfers look at a rainbow in Teahupoo, Tahiti.

French Polynesia

Tourism receipts per capita: $2,076

Population: 274,000

Average tourist spends: $2,610

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Visitors watch re-enactors perform sword fights during the Medieval Mdina Festival in Mdina, Malta's former capital city.

Malta

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,990

Population: 417,617

Average tourist spends: $1,090

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Rodney Bay in St Lucia.

St Lucia

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,985

Population: 166,526

Average tourist spends: $1,090

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A traditional Fiaker horse carriage passes Burgtheater theatre at Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring street in Vienna.

Austria

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,876

Population: 8,452,835

Average tourist spends: $790

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People walk through streets of Croatia's most popular Adriatic destination of Dubrovnik.

Croatia

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,523

Population: 4,290,612

Average tourist spends: $865

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An aerial view shows Saint-George Yacht Club surrounded by construction work in Beirut.

Lebanon

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,433

Population: 4,259,000

Average tourist spends: $4,230

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People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.

Switzerland

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,417

Population: 7,952,600

Average tourist spends: $1,405

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An aerial view showing the Legislative Council building located in Hong Kong's Central business district.

Hong Kong

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,313

Population: 7,103,700

Average tourist spends: $660

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Tourists take pictures at the Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.

Egypt

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,275

Population: 82,240,000

Average spent per tourist: $245

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The ancient temple of the Parthenon is illuminated on the Acropolis Hill in Athens.

Greece

Tourism receipts per capita: $1,209

Population: 10,787,690

Average tourist spends: $965