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==Economy== {| class="wikitable floatleft" style="float:right; text-align:right" |+ style="white-space:nowrap" |GDP (PPP) per capita<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/sonota/kenmin/kenmin_top.html |script-title=ja:県民経済計算 |publisher=[[Cabinet Office (Japan)]] |access-date=October 16, 2017 |language=ja |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017202328/http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/sonota/kenmin/kenmin_top.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm |title=Purchasing power parities (PPP) |publisher=[[OECD]] |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104144219/https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! Year !! US$ |- |1975 ||{{formatnum:5324}} |- |1980 ||{{formatnum:9523}} |- |1985 ||{{formatnum:13870}} |- |1990 ||{{formatnum:20413}} |- |1995 ||{{formatnum:23627}} |- |2000 ||{{formatnum:26978}} |- |2005 ||{{formatnum:32189}} |- |2010 ||{{formatnum:36306}} |- |2015 ||{{formatnum:41410}} |} [[File:京都経済センター外観.jpg|thumb|200px|Kyoto Economic Center]] [[File:Nintendo Headquarters - panoramio.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Nintendo]] main headquarters]] [[Information technology]] and electronics are key industries in Kyoto. The city is home to the headquarters of [[Nintendo]], [[Intelligent Systems]], [[SCREEN Holdings]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen.co.jp/eng/profile/outline.html |title=Dainippon Screen corporate profile |access-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928165950/https://www.screen.co.jp/en/about/outline |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tose (company)|Tose]], [[Hatena (company)|Hatena]], [[Omron]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omron.com/about/corporate/outline/ |title=OMRON corporate data |access-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222154353/http://www.omron.com/about/corporate/outline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kyocera]], [[Shimadzu]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shimadzu.com/about/profile/index.html |title=Shimadzu corporate profile |access-date=April 16, 2014 |archive-date=March 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313185741/http://www.shimadzu.com/about/profile/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rohm]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rohm.com/web/global/corporate-data |title=Rohm corporate data |access-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928165955/https://www.rohm.com/company/about/profile |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Horiba]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horiba.com/about-horiba/outlines/ |title=Horiba company outline |access-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913122433/http://www.horiba.com/about-horiba/outlines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nidec|Nidec Corporation]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nidec.com/en-Global/corporate/about/outline/ |title=Nidec company profile |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303201313/http://www.nidec.com/en-Global/corporate/about/outline |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nichicon]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/company/com_about.html |title=Nichicon company profile |access-date=June 12, 2015 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055705/http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/company/com_about.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nissin Electric]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nissin.jp/e/about/company.html |title=Nissin Electric company outline |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230135338/http://nissin.jp/e/about/company.html |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[GS Yuasa]]. Domestic and international [[tourism]] contributes significantly to Kyoto's economy. In 2014, the city government announced that a record number of tourists had visited Kyoto.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/topics/2014_6/index.html#4 |title=Releasing the Overall Kyoto Tourism Research Result of 2013 |publisher=City of Kyoto |date=June 18, 2014 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725120916/http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/topics/2014_6/index.html#4 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of a sharp decline in tourism during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the mayor acknowledged in 2021 "the possibility of bankruptcy in the next decade" and announced job cuts in the administration and cuts in social assistance, including reductions in funding for home care.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2021/11/13/en-attendant-le-retour-des-touristes-kyoto-cherche-a-eviter-la-faillite_6101935_3234.html |title=En attendant le retour des touristes, Kyoto cherche à éviter la faillite |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=November 13, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119060740/https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2021/11/13/en-attendant-le-retour-des-touristes-kyoto-cherche-a-eviter-la-faillite_6101935_3234.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Traditional [[Japanese craft]]s are also a major industry of Kyoto; Kyoto's [[kimono]] weavers are particularly renowned, and the city remains the premier center of kimono manufacturing. [[Sake]] brewing is another prominent traditional industry in Kyoto, and the headquarters of major sake brewers [[Gekkeikan]] and [[Takara Holdings]] are found in Kyoto. Other notable businesses headquartered in Kyoto include [[Aiful]], [[Ishida (company)|Ishida]], [[Seven & I Holdings#History|Nissen Holdings]], [[Gyoza no Ohsho]], [[Sagawa Express]], [[Volks]], and [[Wacoal]].
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