Supply and Demand and Tourism
TOURISM IN MALDIVES AN ACTION
INTRODUCTION The republic of Maldives is a nation of islands looping the equator, at the center of the Indian Ocean. It is a natural paradise, a world of intensely simple beauty, a place that will captivate the mind and rest the human’s spirit. The Maldives is that sort of place fascinating some of, frustrating for others. When the very first airport was made in “Hulhule”, some U.N experts arrived Maldives to look into the feasibility of tourism in Maldives. U.N experts conclude in 1966 that there was no future for tourism in the country. Then in 1971 George Corbin, an Italian interested about Maldives met a Maldivian name Ahmed Naseem. Their efforts resulted the arrivals of first tourist group to Maldives. Now Maldives is a renowned tourist destination worldwide, entered the tourism industry with very humble beginning in the 1970s. Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, since it plays a vital role in earning foreign exchanges to the country. Even though some disadvantages are there in tourism, there is also happening to have wide range of advantages to it. It opens a market for traditional handicraft and this provides the islanders with a suitable wage to get by. It also provides numerous job opportunities to the Maldivians who work in this particular industry directly. Like the people working in islands. The archipelago of the Maldives is the one of the basis as to why many tourists are attracted to visit the Maldives. The government of Maldives has increase the tax that has been taken by the tourist named as tourism goods and service tax, to 6% to 8%, by saying Maldivian tourism didn’t get expected state revenue. Minister Ahmed Adheeb said that the tourism industry will not earn the expected revenue for the year which
INTRODUCTION The republic of Maldives is a nation of islands looping the equator, at the center of the Indian Ocean. It is a natural paradise, a world of intensely simple beauty, a place that will captivate the mind and rest the human’s spirit. The Maldives is that sort of place fascinating some of, frustrating for others. When the very first airport was made in “Hulhule”, some U.N experts arrived Maldives to look into the feasibility of tourism in Maldives. U.N experts conclude in 1966 that there was no future for tourism in the country. Then in 1971 George Corbin, an Italian interested about Maldives met a Maldivian name Ahmed Naseem. Their efforts resulted the arrivals of first tourist group to Maldives. Now Maldives is a renowned tourist destination worldwide, entered the tourism industry with very humble beginning in the 1970s. Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, since it plays a vital role in earning foreign exchanges to the country. Even though some disadvantages are there in tourism, there is also happening to have wide range of advantages to it. It opens a market for traditional handicraft and this provides the islanders with a suitable wage to get by. It also provides numerous job opportunities to the Maldivians who work in this particular industry directly. Like the people working in islands. The archipelago of the Maldives is the one of the basis as to why many tourists are attracted to visit the Maldives. The government of Maldives has increase the tax that has been taken by the tourist named as tourism goods and service tax, to 6% to 8%, by saying Maldivian tourism didn’t get expected state revenue. Minister Ahmed Adheeb said that the tourism industry will not earn the expected revenue for the year which