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==Tourism== Tourism is the second-largest part of the economy. In 1982, an average of only 500 tourists visited the Falklands per annum but by 2007, this figure had grown to 55,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/documents/Falklands%20Focus%20Issue%2081,%20July%2007.pdf |title=Falkland Focus - News from the Falkland Island Government |date=July–August 2007 |access-date=29 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122026/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/documents/Falklands%20Focus%20Issue%2081%2C%20July%2007.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref> and the Falkland Islands Tourist Board<ref name=FIG/> hired its first tourism director that year.{{r|herbert20070118}} In 2010, the transport and hospitality sector was expected to contribute £7.8 million or 7.7% of the island's GDP.<ref name=overview/> Tourism forms a significant part of this figure with land-based visitors expected to contribute £2.7 million to the Islands' economy in 2010.<ref name=merco>{{Cite news |url = http://en.mercopress.com/2010/04/08/falklands-tourism-ready-for-brighter-future-after-challenging-year |title = Falklands tourism ready for brighter future after challenging year |newspaper = Merco Press |date = 8 April 2010 |access-date = 27 July 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The islands have become a regular port of call for the growing market of [[cruise ship]]s to [[Tourism in Antarctica|Antarctica]] and elsewhere in the South Atlantic.<ref name="browne20020317">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/17/uk.falklands?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 | title=Falkland Islands millionaires reap the war dividend | work=[[The Observer]]| date=17 March 2002 | access-date=15 July 2012 | author=Browne, Anthony}}</ref> Attractions include the scenery and wildlife conservation including 1,000,000 [[penguin]]s,{{r|herbert20070118}} seabirds, [[pinniped|seals]], and [[sea lion]]s, as well as visits to battlefields, [[golf]], fishing and [[wreck diving]]. In addition to accommodation in [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], there are tourist lodges at [[Port Howard]], [[Darwin, Falkland Islands|Darwin]], [[Pebble Island]], [[Carcass Island]], and [[Sea Lion Island]]. Self-catering accommodation at holiday cottages on island farms. The total contribution of tourism to the Islands' is expected to reach £5.4 million in 2010.<ref name=merco/> During the 2008–2009 season almost 69,000 tourists visited the Falklands, with 62,600 of these arriving onboard cruise or expedition vessels.<ref name=FIG>{{Cite web |url = http://www.falklands.gov.fk/Tourism.html |title = Tourism is an important source of revenue to the Falkland Islands. |publisher = Falkland Islands Government |access-date = 27 July 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100716185855/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/Tourism.html |archive-date = 16 July 2010 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Since cruise liners have their own accommodation, substantial numbers of tourists can be accommodated at once, such as an occasion in 2005 when 3000 tourists visited the islands in one day.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.falklands.info/background/lifearticle31.html |title=Four Seasons and more than 3,000 Tourists in One Day |last=Jaffray |first=Sharon |newspaper=[[Penguin News]] |date=22 April 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104083101/http://www.falklands.info/background/lifearticle31.html |archive-date=4 November 2012 }}</ref> In 2013 passengers from cruise ships faced protests in Latin American ports over the British military presence.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9780947/Falklands-Britain-condemns-luxury-cruise-intimidation-amid-fresh-protests.html| title = "Falklands: Britain condemns luxury cruise 'intimidation' amid fresh protests."}}</ref> The cruise industry is expecting passenger numbers to decline from 39,500 in 2013–2014 to 34,000 for 2014–2015. However land tourism is increasing which is offsetting the effect of a decrease in cruise tourism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tourists flock to Falklands|access-date=18 April 2015|work=Daily Post|date=16 August 2014|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tourists%20flock%20to%20Falklands;%20Heading%20off%20to%20...%20Sorrento%20Big%20increase...-a0378652981}}</ref> Other sources of "tourist" revenue include spending by the British military personnel based on the islands, by business travellers and by pilgrims to the graves of both British and Argentine soldiers who fell in the 1982 Falklands War. Although there is still a resentment in the Islands to the Argentine occupation, the Falkland Islands Government continues "''to respect the need for Argentine veterans of the 1982 conflict and their next of kin to visit the battlefield sites and the cemetery at Darwin''". Such visits are arranged in conjunction with [[LAN Airlines]] (Chile) who, on such occasions, use larger aircraft than normal for the weekly flights.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/Legislative%20Assembly%20Record%2026-28.05.09.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525051046/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/Legislative%20Assembly%20Record%2026-28.05.09.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-25 |title=Record of The Budget Meeting of the Legislative Assembly held in Stanley on 26th and 28th May 2009 |date=May 2009 |access-date=27 July 2010}}</ref>
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