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Tourist arrivals to the Maldives had historically been dominated by European countries, with the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy taking the top positions. With the explosion of the middle-income classes...
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On 27 July 2021, the breaking news coming from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was ground breaking – the most celebrated, and widely recognised as the G.O.A.T in gymnastics, 24-year-old Simone...
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The Maldives tourism industry has undergone different development phases since tourism started in the 1970s. With most tourist establishments developed as resorts in separate uninhabited islands, and because of the...
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With the establishment of Kurumba Village, the year 1972 marked the phenomenal birth of the Maldives' tourism industry. In 2022, the Maldives will celebrate the golden jubilee of the industry....
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Over the past 4 decades, global economic recessions and other economic downturns have imposed a number of complex, interrelated and severe consequences on the Maldivian economy. On each occasion, the...
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The Maldives concluded 2019 with 1.7 million tourist arrivals, a record for the country. Based on this, the Ministry of Tourism and industry stakeholders had been fairly optimistic for 2020,...
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The National Minimum Wage is a hot topic. One which induces ‘facts’, opinions and emotions from all sides — even in the Maldives. While the President Solih Administration’s pledge of...
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India is currently going through "COVID-hell," with daily new cases numbering in the 300,000s. On 26 April 2021 it officially reported more than 2,700 deaths, a number that’s suspected to...
