For much of Gibraltar's history as a British territory, its economy relied on its dual status as a key British military base and a trading entrepôt at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
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The newly elected Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, pledged to revive Gibraltar's faltering economy by expanding the tourist trade.
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Numbers increased substantially during the 2000s as low-cost airlines Monarch and EasyJet launched flights to the territory.
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