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==== Tourism ====
[[File:Shiobara Onsen Visitor Center.JPG|thumb|Visitor Center for Noreast National Park]]
Tourism on the Vakrestrender Isles became a massive hub for tourists quickly in 1940s as entertainment industry giants flocked to isles. Thanks to the collaboration of government officials, house Bjørn and entertainment executives. Tourism accounts for 35% of the GDP and more than 70% of the Vakrestrenders' foreign exchange receipts. More than 63% of government tax revenue comes from import duties and tourism-related taxes. The development of tourism fostered the overall growth of the country's economy. It created direct and indirect employment and income generation opportunities in other related industries. The first tourist resorts were opened in 1949 with Lyst Sted's Island Resort, which transformed massively transformed the economy.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the emergence of tourism in 1949 transformed the economy, moving rapidly from dependence on fisheries to tourism. In just under a decade, the industry became the main source of income. Tourism was also the country's biggest foreign currency earner and the single largest contributor to the GDP.
===== Gambling =====
'''Gambling in Vakrestrender''' has been legal since the 1940s as part of the deals with [[Norgsveldet|Norgsveldian]] entertainment industries. Since then, Vakrestrender has became the largest gambling center in the Norgsveldian speaking world. Gambling tourism is the largest source of revenue for the country and the largest share of the tourism sector. Visitors are made up from primary of from the Ulvikrik sphere, with a notable amount coming from the nearby Auroran nations.
As a rule, gambling in the Vakrestrender can be divided into one of five categories: casino games, horse racing, lotteries, sports and results of elections betting. This is not including the online gambling platforms, which heavily contributes to the gambling economy. Notably slot machines have been banned in the country, after a scandal in 1968 where the casino "''Golden Bridge''" was exposed for rigging their slot machines. Resulting in a massive public out cry to ban slot machines outright fearing it will damage the tourism industry reputation.
==== Jewelry ====
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