CAPITAL MONACO - POPULATION 32,671 - AREA 1.95 SQ KM - OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FRENCH
Monaco hardly needs your travel dollars – as millionaires gamble the GDP of small African nations at the 130-year-old casino it seems there's already enough cash in this principality. But more visitors than ever will flock here in 2009, and not just for the annual Grand Prix in May. Come July cyclists usurp cars as the Tour de France makes its grand start amid Monte Carlo's surrounds. But the main emphasis is still on entertainment, and the new live-music venues and eclectic restaurants will ensure that high-rollers – and intrigued travellers – won't get bored or hungry between bets.
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