We believe the company has established a critical mass in the market with its properties and resorts and that has helped it take market share away from its competitors such as Wynn Resorts.

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This is how the dodgy off-course shops that cluster outside legitimate golf resorts in China, such as nearby Mission Hills, often sell counterfeit clubs to tourists.

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The Hawaiian Islands has plenty of killer golf course resorts that are worth the long flight, such as Princeville on Kauai, Manele Bay on Lanai and Mauna Kea on the Big Island all with holiday home choices.

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The private sector has created a variety of commercial weather products that range from specialized forecasts for weather-sensitive businesses, such as resorts and commodities traders, to those consumer-friendly weather maps seen in newspapers and on television.

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The island has many gated communities and resorts that are all paired with one or more courses, such as Long Cove Club, which is exclusively private, and the Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, which has public courses.

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This business is more or less stable and less influenced by certain macroeconomic factors that are capable of swinging profits of some other businesses such as broadcasting, publishing, parks and resorts etc.

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Yet even the places that attract more visitors, such as lazy Plakias, west of Preveli, stand apart from the north and its resorts.

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Anything that damages the biodiversity of the reefs in diving resorts is bad for tourism, so in some countries, such as Mexico and Belize, people have tried introducing bounties payable to divers who catch lionfish.

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