Comment: Maafushi a shining example of guest-house tourism
13 Sep 2013, 11:52 AM
Dr Mariyam Zulfa
President Nasheed’s references to guesthouse tourism on the local inhabited island of Maafushi in the recent televised presidential candidates’ debate has drawn comment from many in the tourism industry (not to mention the opposition parties and the various political affiliates whose only job seems to criticise Nasheed at every available opportunity).
Those references by Nasheed were made for a very good reason. Because Maafushi is a shining example of how successfully guesthouse tourism has been implemented on an inhabited island, and illustrates how every employable person, every man or woman seeking a job on the island, has the opportunity to seek gainful employment.
Not only that, all the service-provision on the island has thrived on the commercial viability and need of the visitors coming to the island’s shores.
Cafés, restaurants, and water-sports businesses are thriving, as is the home gardening of local vegetables and fruits which can be sold to readily available buyers. All of these of course are what the guest-house policy is designed to achieve.
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