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Rwanda's [[service sector]] suffered during the [[late-2000s recession]] as bank lending, foreign aid projects and investment were reduced.{{sfn|Nantaba|2010}} The sector rebounded in 2010, becoming the country's largest sector by economic output and contributing 43.6% of the country's GDP.{{sfn|CIA (I)}} Key tertiary contributors include banking and finance, wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage, communication, insurance, real estate, business services and public administration including education and health.{{sfn|Nantaba|2010}} [[Tourism in Rwanda|Tourism]] is one of the fastest-growing economic resources and became the country's leading foreign exchange earner in 2007.{{sfn|Mukaaya|2008}} In spite of the genocide's legacy, the country is increasingly perceived internationally as a safe destination.{{sfn|Nielsen|Spenceley|2010|p=6}} The number of tourist arrivals in 2013 was 864,000 people, up from 504,000 in 2010.{{sfn|World Bank (XI)}} Revenue from tourism was US$303 million in 2014, up from just US$62 million in 2000.{{sfn|KT Press|2015}} The largest contributor to this revenue was [[mountain gorilla]] tracking, in the Volcanoes National Park;{{sfn|KT Press|2015}} Rwanda is one of only three countries in which [[mountain gorilla]]s can be visited safely; the gorillas attract thousands of visitors per year, who are prepared to pay high prices for permits.{{sfn|Nielsen|Spenceley|2010|p=2}} Other attractions include Nyungwe Forest, home to chimpanzees, Ruwenzori colobus and other primates, the resorts of Lake Kivu, and Akagera, a small [[savanna reserve]] in the east of the country.{{sfn|RDB (II)}}Rwanda now become the heart of africa