A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Globally theme parks are an important component in developing tourism demand. In some destinations theme parks can be the main reason why tourists consider to visit. Sunway Lagoon, LEGOLAND and Berjaya theme park in Malaysia, Universal Studio, Sentosa in Singapore, Ferrari World, Bollywood theme park in Dubai and Leisure World Sri Lanka are some of […]
An aerial view of Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue,” croons Tom Waits in Little Trip to Heaven, playing on a loop in my head. It is only after two turbulent flights, with an overnight stopover in Thiruvananthapuram, that I get my first sight of the […]
The top ten videos of the Adventures of Maldives Video Competition have been awarded at a ceremony held in Hotel Jen. The ceremony was attended by the Chief Guest, Mr. Hussain Afeef – Vice-President of MATI, Hon. Hussain Lirar – Deputy Minister for Tourism, Mr. Mohamed Haris – Acting Managing Director of MMPRC, Senior officials […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Iruthisham Adam has attended the final match of the President’s Cup 2017 football tournament, as the envoy of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The match was held on Friday evening at the National Football Stadium. New Radiant Sports Club won the match against TC Sports Club, with a 3 – […]
Maldives and China signed FTA last week. FTA was signed keeping India in dark. India has aired its unhappiness over the pact signed in stealth. Diplomatic script seems to have changed between India and Maldives in two years. Maldives had plunged into a severe water crisis exactly two years ago following a massive fire that […]
The Maldives are strategically located in the Indian Ocean and its value to an adversary of this country is obvious. India’s ties with the Maldives appear to be entering a renewed phase of uncertainty. Its ambassador Akhilesh Mishra has been treated indelicately. Three local government officials who called on him were suspended. The signal appears […]
She’s the author and mum of two who helped husband Hamish Blake celebrate his 36th birthday this week. And the celebrations continued for Zoe Foster Blake on Thursday when she shared a series of jealousy inducing snaps of the family’s idyllic Maldives vacation at the swanky Soneva Fushi Resort. Sharing one photo that showed her […]
United Nations — The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has membership drawn from all oceans and regions of […]
It has been a busy winter for the Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim. Last Wednesday he concluded the One Planet Summit, which marked two years since the Paris Agreement. In November he attended the COP23 Summit. The Maldives is a poster child internationally for its vulnerability to climate change, but its globetrotting and grandstanding has […]