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Articles tagged “maldives”

Tourism

Maldives’ Touted July Reopening Shows Complexities Behind the Hoopla

Launching a reopening campaign is exciting and positive, but the ability to visit is still the great question that the paradise must sort out — with only weeks to go.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 4 years ago

Maldives’ Touted July Reopening Shows Complexities Behind the Hoopla

Tourism

When You Don’t Have Any Domestic Tourism to Rely On: Maldives as a Pandemic Case Study

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored Maldives’ tourism vulnerability. How this Indian Ocean nation strategizes its recovery path in the days ahead could be a good case study for other small island nations heavily reliant on foreign tourist dollars.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

When You Don’t Have Any Domestic Tourism to Rely On: Maldives as a Pandemic Case Study

Media and PR

The World’s Best Travel Videos of 2015 Emphasize Place and Emotion

All of these videos do a good job of immersing the viewer in the travel experience, but what makes them stand out is how they connect with the viewer on an emotional level.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

The World’s Best Travel Videos of 2015 Emphasize Place and Emotion

Tourism

World Travel Market Hashtag Hijacked by Real-World Maldivian Protests

The Maldives protesters know more about making a social media splash than all the social media experts on tap to speak at World Travel Market. Perhaps they'll be invited next year to lead a seminar?

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

World Travel Market Hashtag Hijacked by Real-World Maldivian Protests

Tourism

Mauritius fends off rivals Seychelles and Maldives to capture luxury market

Mauritius is largely benefitting from the Maldives political instability and regular press about the rising water levels.

Nicki Grihault, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Mauritius fends off rivals Seychelles and Maldives to capture luxury market

Tourism

The darker side of the tourist heaven Maldives

This symbolizes everything that is wrong with packaged tourism, sanitized away from the realities and daily lives of the locals. And yet, boycotting these countries, including example of Burma before it started opening up, only adds to economic misery of common people.

Eric Randolph, Independent UK | 11 years ago

Airlines

Maldives cancels major airport project at the last minute sending a negative signal to investors

Despite the Maldives’ reputation as popular leisure destination, internal cultural conflicts and an unpredictable government will push foreign investors away from the Indian Ocean islands.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Maldives cancels major airport project at the last minute sending a negative signal to investors

Tourism

Maldives as tourism destination: From hopeless to hot spot

The Maldives biggest threat now is one it may not be able to control: Global warming and the rising waters that may make everything an underwater experience.

Adrian Neville, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Maldives as tourism destination: From hopeless to hot spot

Hotels

Maldives’ new leader introduces bans that could devastate tourism industry

At the center of a political conflict between the ousted president and new leader are religious regulations that could hamper the islands’ image as an oasis and drive away its steadiest source of revenue.

Oliver Smith, The Telegraph | 12 years ago

Maldives’ new leader introduces bans that could devastate tourism industry

Media and PR

Maldives tourism authority has massive Twitter fail: #dontgosocialafteryouhaveacoup

First rule of social media marketing: Make sure lots of people don't hate you before you drop a self-branded hashtag onto Twitter.

Skift | 12 years ago