The history of tourism in Maldives
The Republic of the Maldives also known as the Maldives Islands or just Maldives, is known for the high end resorts, beautiful sunny beaches with white sand and blue waters and eco tourism, is situated in South West of Sri Lanka on the Equator beholds 1,190 islands stretching over an area of 90,000 sq Km. With an average of 30 degrees Celsius, the Maldives offers unimaginable natural beauty and remote tropical island experience to its visitors. Underwater coral gardens, white sandy beaches, turquoise blue lagoons, crystal clear water and 664 Km of coastline are just a few of the attractions found there.
Torists can enjoy activities on the islands including fishing, diving and snorkeling, surf, shopping,
It was first built in the early 1990s for tourism purposes. In the late 1990s came the spas.
The rough island of Hudhuveli was transformed into Soneva Gili, the first edition of Adrian Neville’s guidebook, Resorts of Maldives, describes it as “a small, laid-back resort with the advantage of being close to the airport. In truth, it doesn’t have many other advantages” . In fact, the whole idea behind it was to build some of the world’s best water bungalows.
The water bungalow, now the overwater villa, reached its peak on Gili Lankanfushi Island resort, formerly Soneva Gili. The “destination spa” (you travel specifically to and for it) has been achieved by Conrad, Taj Exotica and Cocoa Island. In addition, the island was improved by dismantling walls, broadening the beach and planting trees, shrubs and gardens (not to mention the chocolate, cheese, charcuterie and wine cellar).
Political turmoil, with Islamist hard-liners trying to ban spas and alcohol, was a problem, but looking at the economical aspect this is unlikely to have an impact on continuing innovation of this
With the decline in tourist arrivals in 2009 due to the World economic crisis which started in late 2008 and continued through 2009, the total GDP along with tourism contribution declined during the year 2009 The following year 2010, with a 15% increase in tourism contribution to GDP in terms of earnings,the percentage share of tourism contribution to GDP increased to 27.9%. In 2011, the share of tourism contribution to GDP further increased to 28.5%. However, in 2012 although the industry managed an increase in tourism contribution to GDP in terms of currency earned, the percentage share registered a decline of
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