based on data available for direct and indirect expenditures and contributions and employment and cruise versus landbased tourists only three sids meet this requirement jamaica maldives and mauritius all three are wellresearched destinations where the tourism industry is monitored regularly by government ministries data are available from the national statistics office or tourism department this is used here to emphasise examples of good practice in some cases tourism contributes more than per cent of gdp rising to per cent in aruba and per cent in maldives these figures relate to total contribution to gdp and include direct and indirect contributions figure induced contributions are not included