1.   Developers have been buying up villas on the island in anticipation of a tourist boom.

2.   After a battering by earthquakes, urban riots and recession, California is in the midst of a tourist boom.

3.   Alan Hevesi, the city comptroller, said the continuing bull market, fat bonuses on Wall Street and the tourist boom could push the projected surplus even higher.

4.   France is enjoying a tourist boom because of a stronger dollar and British pound against the franc.

5.   Look at the tourist boom in recession-hit Japan.

6.   Many people, black and white, say the tourist boom has finally provided the jobs that can allow many people to stay on the island.

7.   Seven years into a tourist boom, Prague is no longer the hidden jewel of Central Europe.

8.   Since then, Kaliningrad has been experiencing a tourist boom and new hotels and restaurants have opened.

9.   The Olive Tree opened late last year, just in time for the anticipated millennial tourist boom here.

10.   The tourist boom that has resounded in the city this year conjures the usual images of Rockefeller Center, Times Square and the Twin Towers.