A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
For decades we have been talking about the importance of agriculture, yet it still remains as one of the most underdeveloped sectors in the country. Agriculture now contributes to less than 5% to national GDP. In reality, it is a diverse field yet for a long period in Maldives’s history, we were able to sustain […]
Did you know that around 200 islands in the Maldives are uninhabited, deserted islands? However, the majority of these have been developed as resorts and currently, there are over 150 resorts in the island nation. The reducing number of uninhabited islands has been a concern for locals for several years. One example is the Kuda […]
When you go to your favourite restaurant, have you ever wondered who was the talented person who made the dish? In the Maldives, we see very few local chefs and it’s time to figure out why this is the case. Mohamed Adam, commonly known as ‘Chef Mode’, is one of the most talented cooks in […]
The Maldives has recently been capturing global attention for its current situation with migrant workers, resulting in a lot of public concerns and demands. Out of the population amounting to 500,000 people in the nation, there are approximately 144,000 migrant workers with 44% of the workers undocumented. While the amount of migrant workers has been […]
The Maldives government has recently announced, they had decided to decrease the land rent charged on islands leased for tourism purposes in the Maldives. Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail, who is currently leading and administrating the Tourism Ministry, had tweeted revealing the government’s decision to reduce land rent in a bid to progress tourism in the […]
A country gains its ability to protect, progress, and harmonize its actions in compliance with the sector-specialized people in its society. In this era of global competition, every country is in the fight for progress. This advancement is namely achieved by the level of educational attainment of a country, which can further be simplified to […]
Eva and I first visited the Maldives in the 1980s. We fell in love with the country, holidayed here many times and, in the early 1990s, started to invest. Initially it was in Humming Bird helicopters, the country’s first domestic air transportation company, which eventually morphed into TMA. Then we moved into hotels, starting with Soneva […]
Controversies have arisen after the President of People’s Majlis, Mohamed Nasheed, proposed the provision of resident visa for foreigners who live in a rented house in the Maldives for 10 years. A residence visa is a document or a card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a […]
The Maldives is an island nation of approximately 500,000 people. The latest statistics of census reveal that the Maldives consists as many as 144,000 Bangladeshis working in the country, with one-third of them amounting up to 63,000 having no valid documents or registration. This is a major amount among all the expatriate workers in the […]