Never a resort in its own right, it not only watched the islands off its shores grow into prosperous destinations over the last several decades but was cut off from the main road to get to them.
In the late 19th century the area grew rapidly into a prosperous retail destination.
It is, or was, a prosperous holiday destination, attracting tourists from places like Japan because of its ancient Buddhist heritage, and it was where Pakistani film makers would go to shoot movies in a romantic mountain setting.
Germany's population would rise by 23percentt, because it is a particularly prosperous and desirable destination.
Gujarat is one of India's most prosperous and industrialized states, and is a favored destination for investors from India and abroad.
Kenya today is one of Africa's most prosperous countries; it is a major international tourist destination, and is in the midst of an economic boom, if one that has left many behind.
Once known for its prosperous sponge diving and harvesting business, it's now a charming and popular tourist destination".
The road is hard, but the destination is clear -- a secure, Jewish state of Israel and an independent, prosperous Palestine.
A 90-minute drive from Texas's favourite spring break vacation destination, the beaches of South Padre Island, McAllen is a city of extremes: gated middle-class streets and prosperous shopping malls serve wealthy Hispanics and "winter Texans" escaping cold weather elsewhere.
Hidayat Nur Wahid, a former leader of the Islamically inclined Prosperous Justice Party and speaker of the country's top legislative body, suggested that promoters of rival tourist destinations, rather than Islamic militants, were behind the bombings.
