TOP 10

January 27, 2002 at 12:00a.m.

TOP 10
Tourism counts
International tourism receipts (in millions) as a share of GDP in 1999 in selected small nations, from a new Worldwatch Institute study ($5; 888-544-2303):
Maldives ($325): 88 percent.St. Lucia ($311): 48 percent.Antigua and Barbuda ($291): 45 percent.Macao ($2,466): 40 percent.Barbados ($677): 27 percent.Vanuatu ($56): 23 percent.Seychelles ($112): 21 percent.Jamaica ($1,279): 19 percent.Belize ($112): 15 percent.Costa Rica ($1,002): 7 percent.
Source: Chicago Tribune