A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Maldives has won key wins in the World Travel Awards. The Maldives and resort brands won the awards at the 24th World Travel Awards held in Vietnam. The Maldives won global Leading Dive Destination award, Leading Honeymoon Destination, while Maldives’ Hulhule’ Island Hotel won Leading Airport Resort award. St. Regis Maldives Vohmuli claimed the […]
While neighbouring Sri Lanka is struggling to attract higher numbers of tourists, the island archipelago the Maldives attracted 127,986 tourists this October, which was 8.9 percent more tourists compared to a year ago, with keen interest from Europeans. The European region sourced approximately half of the tourists to the Maldives, increasing 12 percent year-on-year (YoY). […]
The Maldivian Blood Services has seized providing any treatment still in its research stages, the state-operated institution has said. The MBS, which operates the Central Blood Bank and the Thalassemia and other Haemoglobinopathies Center, said that treatments that require more clinical research or are still in their infancy will not be provided from December 10th […]
Diving into a bed of rose petals, sipping on champagne in an infinity pool, enjoying a private candle-lit dinner on the beach: activities in the Maldives used to be largely of the romantic variety. But when the honeymoon is over and the little ones start popping out a few years later, does it mean that […]
A pier at Kandima resort on part of the Dhaalu Atoll in the Maldives, in the heart of the Indian Ocean The Kandima Maldives is a four-star lifestyle resort on part of the Dhaalu Atoll The Kandiland kids club has a large wet play area and a whole host of activities Among them are pizza making, Maldivian […]
Cara Delevingne is spending New Year’s Eve in the Maldives. The 25-year-old model is jetting off to the South Asian country to ring in 2018, and the star is “so happy” to be celebrating on a beach, basking in the sunshine, and carrying out water sports, because she feels she needs some down time. Speaking […]
The Indian naval ships engaged in search and rescue mission in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi on Saturday continued their operations in the high seas, searching the area till the Maldives, a defence spokesman in Kochi said. No stranded boats, fishermen or floating bodies have been found in the sea by the naval search team […]
The South Asian region’s political map is transforming phenomenally. The early counting from Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which concluded on Thursday, suggests that the Left Alliance, which comprises the country’s communist parties, is surging ahead and will form the next government in Kathmandu. The Left Alliance is notionally ‘pro-China’ in outlook. Simultaneously, the President of the Maldives, […]
Chinese PresidentXi Jinping(2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for group photos with Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (2nd L) and his wife at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. Xi held talks with Yameen in Beijing on Thursday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) BEIJING, Dec. […]