Government resigned to missing target of 1.5m tourist arrivals

Tourism Minister Zameer blamed the opposition’s alleged scaremongering about religious extremism in the Maldives for lower than anticipated arrivals growth. Bad press in international media about Maldivian jihadis in Syria was more damaging that an Al Jazeera corruption expose aired earlier this month, he said.

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