Tourists stranded in Maldives in liveaboard scams
01 Apr 2015, 7:35 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
Dozens of tourists are stranded each year in the Maldives by scams involving liveaboards, harming the country’s reputation among visitors, boat owners say.
Scammers use fraudulent websites to collect payments on liveaboards without the owner’s knowledge, leaving tourists stranded at the airport.
Others sell holidays on luxury cruisers, but when tourists arrive in the Maldives, transfer them to low-grade boats.
Boat owners are speaking out about the problem for the first time, saying they decided to do so out of frustration over a lack of action against the fraudsters.
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