Editing Dili (section)

==Economy==
[[File:DSCI2951 Timor Plaza.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A white building consisting of ground floor shops with apartments/hotel rooms above|Timor Plaza, the country's first shopping centre]]
The economic situation in Dili is substantially better than that of the rest of the country, and most wealth is concentrated there.<ref name="Ingram2015Introduction">{{cite book |last1=Ingram |first1=Sue |last2=Kent |first2=Lia |last3=McWilliam |first3=Andrew |title=A New Era?: Timor-Leste after the UN |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=9781925022513 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ |chapter=Introduction: Building the Nation: Legacies and Challenges for Timor-Leste |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |access-date=15 July 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327140720/https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|7}} Almost all of the [[Sucos of Timor-Leste|sucos]] of Dili are among those with the country's highest living standards and the greatest access to public services.<ref name="ADB2013sucos"/>{{rp|5}} The Dili district as a whole has a higher significantly higher living standard than any other part of the country,<ref name="ADB2013sucos"/>{{rp|7–9, 21}} and while poverty rates within the sucos of the municipality as a whole range from 8 to 80%,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statistics.gov.tl/a-gender-sensitive-insight-of-poverty-mapping-for-timor-leste/ |title=A Gender-Sensitive Insight of Poverty Mapping for Timor-Leste |publisher=General Directorate of Statistics |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715154508/https://www.statistics.gov.tl/a-gender-sensitive-insight-of-poverty-mapping-for-timor-leste/ |url-status=live }}</ref> every suco within the city proper was ranked within the highest level of living standards.<ref name="ADB2013sucos"/>{{rp|7–9, 21}} 57.8% of those in the capital are among those with relatively high levels of wealth, as opposed to 8.7% in rural areas.<ref name="McWilliam2015">{{cite book |last=McWilliam |first=Andrew |editor1-last=Ingram |editor1-first=Sue |editor2-last=Kent |editor2-first=Lia |editor3-last=McWilliam |editor3-first=Andrew |title=A New Era?: Timor-Leste after the UN |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=9781925022513 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ |chapter=Rural-Urban Inequalities and Migration in Timor-Leste |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA225 |access-date=15 July 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327140720/https://books.google.com/books?id=ulSyDQAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|226}}

In 2004 18,331 people were working in the agricultural sector, 1,885 in resources and manufacturing, 5,027 in hospitality, 3,183 in finance, real estate, and logistics, 6,520 in government services and security, 879 in home industries, 6,354 for international diplomatic bodies, and 2,142 unknown.<ref name="JICA2011"/>{{rp|2–9}} By 2010, the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]] employed 44% of those working, with government employment providing around 25% of jobs. The [[Primary sector of the economy|primary sector]] is slightly smaller than the government in terms of employment, while the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] remains small.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-3}} The working age population grew by almost 50% from 2004 to 2010, while unemployment declined from 26.9% to 17.4%.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-2}} Nonetheless, youth unemployment in the municipality stood at 58% in 2007, above the national average of 43%.<ref name="JICA2011"/>{{rp|ii}} The capital attracts younger and educated individuals from the rest of the country.<ref name="Ingram2015Introduction"/>{{rp|8}}

[[File:Caixa Geral de Depósitos-Building-Dili-2009.JPG|thumb|[[Banco Nacional Ultramarino building, Dili]]]]
The city lies within the government's "Northern Regional Development Corridor", which stretches along the coast from the Indonesia border to [[Baucau]]. Within this, it is part of the smaller "Dili-Tibar-Hera" area in which the government plans to develop the service sector.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|117}}<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–24}} The city is also part of what is designated the central tourism zone. Sites related to important historical events are promoted, as well as eco-tourism. [[Whale watching]] is possible off the coast,<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|149}}<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-5}} and there are many [[scuba diving]] sites near the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecoraltriangle.com/stories/the-dive-frontier-timor-leste-reveals-its-underwater-treasures |title=The Dive Frontier: Timor Leste Reveals its Underwater Treasures |last=Silcock |first=Don |publisher=The Coral Triangle |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719142201/http://thecoraltriangle.com/stories/the-dive-frontier-timor-leste-reveals-its-underwater-treasures |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Some tourism and industrial complexes are being developed within the metropolitan area.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-3, I-4, I-6, 2–12}} There is a large [[informal economy]] that includes some of the officially unemployed residents.<ref name="Scambary2021"/>{{rp|286, 292}}

Tourism numbers increased from 14,000 to 51,000 from 2006 to 2013.<ref name="Pinto2016"/>{{rp|273}} Half of visitors arriving at Dili's airport come from three countries: Australia, Indonesia, and Portugal.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–10}}<ref name="Carter2001"/>{{rp|33}} Near the beginning of UN rule, there were at least 9 hotels with 550 rooms.<ref name="Carter2001"/>{{rp|97}} As of 2012, there were at least 14 hotels in the city.<ref name="Pinto2016"/>{{rp|273}} Most hotels are run by local companies, with few international chains present. Nightly rates are relatively high for the region, partially due to a lack of sufficient tourists to benefit from economies of scale.<ref name="Asia2018">{{cite web |url=https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Timor-Leste-Full-Tourism_Barometer_report_2018.pdf |title=Timor-Leste Tourism Barometer 2018 |publisher=The Asia Foundation |date=July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2021 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408195434/https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Timor-Leste-Full-Tourism_Barometer_report_2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|17}} Important hotels include [[Hotel Timor]] and [[Hotel Dili]].<ref name="Miranda2015"/>{{rp|105-106}}

Most large investments come from the public sector, although there is a growing small-scale private sector.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-6}} The Dili municipality is responsible for around 40% of the country's [[Fishery#production|fish production]], most of which is consumed domestically.<ref name="JICA2011"/>{{rp|v}} The country's three significant commercial banks operate primarily in Dili.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|155}}

The [[Port of Dili]] is the country's largest.<ref name="JICA2011"/>{{rp|x}} It handles the majority of international shipping. There are regular ships to [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] (Australia), [[Kota Kinabalu]] (Malaysia), [[Surabaya]] (Indonesia), and [[Singapore]], and less frequent shipping to and from other Indonesian ports. As of 2011, the port processed 200,000 tonnes of goods annually, which had increased by 20% each year for the previous six years. 80% of the goods processed are imports.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|95}}