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==Economy== [[Belau Air]] has its headquarters in Koror,<ref>"[http://www.underwatercolours.com/belauair/about.html About Belau Air] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165845/http://www.underwatercolours.com/belauair/about.html |date=2016-03-03 }}". Belau Air. Retrieved on July 6, 2010.</ref> as did the short-lived Pacific Flier in 2010.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091214013229/http://www.pacificflier.com/about-us/regional-offices Regional Offices]}}". [[Pacific Flier]]. Retrieved on July 6, 2010. </ref> ===Tourism=== Much of Palau's economy comes from tourism. The Rock Islands of Palau are all located in the state. [[Scuba diving]] shops and facilities are located all over Koror. Accommodation like hotels, bars, restaurants, cafes, and resorts are all available. ''Dolphins Pacific'', the world's largest dolphin research facility, is open for tourists who are interested in swimming and interacting with trained [[dolphin]]s.<ref name="dolpac">{{cite web |date=2008-08-22 |title=Dolphins Pacific |url=http://www.dolphinspacific.com/top-e.html |access-date=2008-11-26 |archive-date=2008-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211054728/http://www.dolphinspacific.com/top-e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Most tourists to Palau stay in Koror, which is the centre for Palau's resort services and house modern conveniences. Koror has businesses that cater to speakers of many languages.<ref name="EPA">"[http://www.epa.gov/region9/islands/conf02/palau_info.pdf Palau General Information Provided by the Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board for the 21st Annual Pacific Islands Environment Conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502081910/https://www3.epa.gov/region9/islands/conf02/palau_info.pdf |date=2017-05-02 }}." [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]. Retrieved on October 7, 2010.</ref> By 2001, the [[Koror Jail]], Palau's only correctional facility, has become a tourist destination thanks to inmates who create and sell elaborate wooden storyboards at a retail facility located on the jail's grounds.<ref>{{Cite book |author=David Leonard and David Pickell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zn7Wv821uZ4C&q=koror+jail+palau&pg=PA89 |title=Diving the Pacific: Volume 1: Micronesia and the Western Pacific Islands |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=962-593-499-5 |page=89 |access-date=2021-05-04 |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401073201/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zn7Wv821uZ4C&q=koror+jail+palau&pg=PA89 |url-status=live }}</ref> The jail consists of three structures, and it is surrounded by an eight-foot wire mesh fence and an eight-foot concrete wall.
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