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Depends on how you look at it

Posted by Tom Haines, Globe Travel Writer October 6, 2008 09:03 AM

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Thanks to the folks at Worldhum.com for pointing out some maps at the online site of the Telegraph in London. The map above skews nations according to which are the largest tourist destinations.

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The map above shows the countries in which people tend to travel by plane.

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And this, the countries in which they tend to ride mopeds and motorbikes.

Plenty of other interesting angles to look out. Wondering, for example, who has the nukes?

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