Tourism will suffer if parliament bans pork and alcohol: Tourism Minister
25 Apr 2013, 3:01 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A proposed blanket ban on the import of pork and alcohol would destroy the tourism industry of the Maldives beyond repair, Tourism Minister Ahmed Adheeb has told parliament’s National Security Committee.
Local media reports said Addeeb told the committee that vast majority of the Maldives economy relied on tourism, which in turn depended on the sale of alcohol and pork. The whole tourism industry would suffer should these commodities be banned, Adheeb said.
The Tourism Minister said alcohol and pork were not imported for the consumption of Maldivians, and were brought in only under strict laws.
Islamic Minister Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed was also summoned to the committee to discuss the proposed ban on the import of pork and alcohol.
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