Tourism Boycott

Opposition accused of campaigning for tourism boycott at ITB fair

President vetoes bill banning calls for sanctions, tourism boycotts

President Abdulla Yameen has vetoed a law banning calls for tourism boycott and sanctions against the Maldives, saying the bill infringes on the right to free speech.

Tourism tycoon MP labels opposition ‘terrorists’ over boycott call

In a tirade on the People’s Majlis floor yesterday, tourism tycoon and pro-government MP Ahmed ‘Sun Travel’ Shiyam labeled opposition MPs “traitors” and “terrorists” for allegedly calling for a tourism boycott.

President Yameen lashes out at ‘bipolar’ opposition

Accusing the MDP of calling for a tourism boycott and then expressing concern over the adverse impact on the tourism industry from the unprecedented 30-day nationwide state of emergency declared last week, Yameen said: “I think the psyche or thinking of these groups is characterised by bipolarism.”

Maldives resort owners back bill criminalising tourism boycott call

“The most commonly used method to call for a boycott is social media. We have a lot of trouble selling our packages in tourism fairs and catalogues because of this,” said Ahmed Nazeer, secretary general of the Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI). He told MPs that a law criminalising calls for a tourism boycott is long overdue.

PPM MP threatens to jail all opposition MPs with bill on sanctions

“All these people here belonging to MDP should be arrested. This is what we’re trying to do. God willing, that will happen now,” said ruling party MP Riyaz Rasheed.

PPM MP proposes criminalising calls for sanctions, tourism boycott

MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed’s high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney “enemies of the state” after the pair launched a campaign lobbying for targeted sanctions against state officials in the wake of a UN rights panel declaring the opposition leader’s imprisonment arbitrary and politically motivated.

Tourists warned to avoid certain resorts: The Telegraph

Tourism workers’ association commits to “prolonged” strikes if Maldives vote delayed

The last resort: Nasheed calls for tourism boycott