The souvenir industry also grew as travelers sought ways to remember their experiences.

Canadian sports scenes were popular in the souvenir industry.

By 1291, the modern souvenir industry had started up in Venice, making exquisite glass objects for tourists.

A few more serious national icons have become kiwiana through heavy use in advertising and the souvenir industry.

Cambodia's tourist souvenir industry employs a lot of people around the main places of interest.

The souvenir industry produced masses of commemorative material, including medals, prints and china.

Ivory carving was a starting point for businesses in the souvenir industry and plastics processing.

Postcards, the backbone of the souvenir industry, are glossy substitutes for reality, almost eliminating the need to look around.

"When we came up with our idea, we felt the royal wedding souvenir industry was quite tired, predictable and not especially romantic.

The souvenir industry, in expectation of a triumph that never came, had been busily manufacturing commemorative medals for the occasion.

They are also a godsend to the souvenir industry, which sold £222 million worth of royal wedding memorabilia, according to the Centre for Retail Research.

But for all the phenomenal craft activity, the souvenir industry in Morocco is phenomenally lacking in design input and makes a cliché of its merchandise.

Sales of the dolls account for less than 1 percent of the country's $1.2 billion souvenir industry, but officials say more is at stake than money and jobs.

The businessmen said that their warehouses were overflowing, that they were unable to repay bank loans, and that the souvenir industry was in critical condition, state media reported.

While officials at the Vatican began physical preparations for the papal conclave, including the installation on Saturday of the chimney stack from which white smoke will indicate the new pope, Rome's souvenir industry was also making plans.

Along Canal Street a new souvenir industry has sprung up, with T-shirts that say "America under attack," hats and handkerchiefs that read "Evil Will Be Punished" and one T-shirt says "I Can't Believe I Got Out."

The growth in the 19th century of travel for ordinary people saw a huge increase in the souvenir industry, as these new secular pilgrims - like their medieval counterparts - wanted to bring back reminders of their holidays/vacations and sightseeing, ranging from china plates to postcards.

The response reported that concerns have also been expressed about the use of indigenous designs by non-indigenous persons in the fashion industry, and the use of lyrics in the music industry, and the souvenir industry where a range of products are considered to denigrate the indigenous culture, or undervalue authenticity of their works.