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Features & Comment

Sun, sand and politics: How tourism tycoons influence elections in the Maldives

Maldives tourism is politicised partly because of how it emerged.

19 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Maldives welcomes millionth tourist of 2018

Almost 900,000 tourists had visited the Maldives by July 2018.

09 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Guesthouses to control half of Maldives tourist bed capacity by 2028

Guesthouses in the Maldives have 8,000 beds between them.

02 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Maldives resort ballot box numbers jump to 35

There are more than 27,000 Maldivian resort workers.

21 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Mo Salah’s Maldives visit pounced on by tourism bosses

Mo Salah has more than six million Twitter followers.

21 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Maldives tourist arrivals up 10 percent

Europe held the largest regional market share for the first half of 2018.

18 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Maldives resort workers complain of late payment

The resort workers fear they will not be paid this month either.

03 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Yacht Tours facing fines and frozen accounts

Yacht Tours Maldives is owned by Abdulla Jabir, a close advisor to ex-president Mohamed Nasheed.

27 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Three islands made available for lease without bidding

The priciest island of the three costs US$2.7 million.

26 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Water villas burn down in luxury resort fire

Water villas at the resort can cost as much as US$1,500 a night.

25 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM

Environment

Foreign travellers account for 95% of tourism-related emissions in Maldives

The study looked at who was responsible for tourism-related carbon emissions: travellers or the tourist destinations.

09 May 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Guesthouses ‘desperately’ need government support

The Maldives has around 600 guesthouses across 76 islands, whereas in 2010 there was just one guesthouse.

06 May 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourist numbers jump 18.5 percent in March

According to statistics, 133,466 tourists visited the Maldives during March 2018.

17 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourist arrival figures ‘untrustworthy’

Germany’s ambassador to the Maldives said the economy was suffering because of the volatile political situation and ordinary people were bearing the brunt.

14 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourists should protest in the Maldives, says Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed said holidaymakers should call for the protection of human rights, the resignation of President Abdulla Yameen and the release of political prisoners.

28 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Long-awaited resort opens in Haa Dhaal Atoll

Until Sunday Haa Dhaal, which has a population of 18,570, was the only Maldivian atoll without a resort.

19 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourist numbers jump 19 percent in February

According to statistics, 144,286 tourists visited during February, up 19.2 percent from the same month last year.

15 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourism losses downplayed at home and abroad

The Tourism Ministry has yet to publish visitor numbers for February.

11 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

European tourist market ‘unaffected’ by Maldives crisis

There have been protests in the capital and local islands, with riot police using pepper spray and force to disperse crowds, and the tourism sector has reported cancellations.

27 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

Tourism bodies beg for Maldives state of emergency to stop

Operators say hundreds of hotel bookings have been cancelled daily since February 5, when a 15-day state of emergency was declared, despite government assurances that all is normal in the resort islands.

22 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM

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