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President of Tiny East Timor Makes Pitch at Asian Travel Mart.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Imtiaz Muqbil

Oct. 6--SINGAPORE--The President of the world's youngest country last week became the first head of state to inaugurate the annual travel mart of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) where he made a strong pitch for both visitors and investors to help him with nation building.

President Xanana Gusmao of Timor Leste (East Timor) told the Asia-Pacific travel industry that his country faced a serious employment problem and needed to create jobs.

Oil and gas are the country's primary sources of income at the moment but it needs to diversify by developing tourism and other industries like fisheries, coffee and agriculture.

Having attained independence in May 2002, and now seeking observer status in Asean, Timor Leste has also become a ...

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