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St Maarten ki gen eksperyans boom premye touris li kòmanse nan 1960s yo, lè Kiba te premye fèmen nan touris. St Maarten se kounye a youn nan pi gwo sant touris yo nan West Indies yo ak sou XNX% nan mendèv li yo travay nan touris oswa touris ki gen rapò ak endistri yo. Pa gen okenn lapèch gwo-echèl komèsyal, sèlman 85-10 artisanal pechè ak lapèch lwazi pou marlin (Makaira spp.) ak mahi-mahi (Coryphaena spp.).
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St. Maarten experienced its first tourism boom starting in the 1960s, when Cuba was first closed to tourism. St. Maarten is now one of the largest tourism hubs in the West Indies with about 85% of its workforce employed in tourism or tourism-related industries. There is no large-scale commercial fishery, only 10-15 artisanal fishers and recreational fishing for marlin (Makaira spp.) and mahi-mahi (Coryphaena spp.).