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Currency	US dollar
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Currency code	USD
DEFINITION: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4217 alphabetic currency code for each country.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exchange rates > Recent years	the US dollar is used
DEFINITION: The official value of a country's monetary unit at a given date or over a given period of time, as expressed in units of local currency per US dollar and as determined by international market forces or official fiat."
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Fiscal year	1 October - 30 September
DEFINITION: The beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
International tourism, number of arrivals	525,000		[97th of 190]
DEFINITION: International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
International tourism, receipts > current US$	655,000,000 $		[51st of 148]
DEFINITION: International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Micro, small and medium enterprises > number	1,069		[16th of 29]
DEFINITION: Micro, small, and medium-size enterprises are business that may be defined by the number of employees. There is no international standard definition of firm size; however, many institutions that collect information use the following size categories: micro enterprises have 0-9 employees, small enterprises have 10-49 employees, and medium-size enterprises have 50-249 employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Official development assistance and official aid > current US$	180,000 $		[167th of 172]
DEFINITION: Net official development assistance consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in part I of the DAC list of recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Africa	36		[134th of 142]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Americas	37,989		[104th of 191]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Asia, East and South East/Oceania	465,360		[29th of 172]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Europe	1,300		[174th of 195]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Region not specified	2,197		[87th of 151]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Southern Asia	93		[98th of 102]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Total	506,846		[106th of 198]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series
Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Western Asia	49		[112nd of 115]
SOURCE: Source: World Tourism Organization Statistics Database and Yearbook | United Nations World Tourism Organization		View time series

Interesting facts on NA Economy

• The top nations for per capita imports and exports tend to be very small.
• Three of the top ten countries for GDP per capita are island nations: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Iceland.
• France is the top destination in the world for tourists, accounting for 11 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
• The top ten tourist destinations France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, UK, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada account for 49.6 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.

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