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# Foreign remittances outperform tourism earnings
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/foreign-remittances-outperform-tourism-earnings/
- Published: 2026-06-12T08:17:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T08:17:47.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: chart, maintag-Chart, Week-22-2026

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Since 2009, workers’ remittances have exceeded tourism earnings every single year. Even in 2025, when arrivals surpassed the 2018 level, tourism earned only US$3.2bn, while remittances hit a historic high of US$8.1bn — 2.5 times as much foreign exchange.