Maldives Travel News

Business Report Emirates airline starts stepping up its presence in West Asia with additional services to Colombo, and Male from its home base in Dubai.

MALE: Maldives Tourism Development Corporation has commenced sale of some 688,123 shares to the public.

MALE: Recent report in Miadhu about the not so amazing airfares offered by Srilankan airlines on its Malea Colombo sector merits appreciation.

MALE: A high level Indian delegation headed by Indian National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has called on President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday.

MALAYSIA Airlines has expanded its existing code-share agreement with SriLankan Airlines, which enables the national carrier to code-share on SriLankan's flights to Male in the Maldives, besides Colombo, from tomorrow.

MALE: Some 282,518 foreign tourists visited Maldives by end of May this year, tourism ministry statistics have revealed.

Sri Lanka and the Maldives have agreed to share intelligence information following Maldivian concerns that money laundering and drug trafficking through its territory may be linked to Tamil Tigers activities.

MALE: Visiting IMF delegation has said that Maldives economy will go down by 4.5 percent this year and that due to high government expenditure, 40 percent above government revenue before 2004 tsunami and 60 percent above revenue in 2008, it will take considerable period to recover.

MALE: President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the government will start the work of recovering debts worth over Rf.

MALE: W Retreat & Spa, Maldives have announced that it has received five awards from Starwood Hotels and Resorts Asia/Pacific Division's 2008 'Best of the Best' awards.

MALE: In the days following the parliamentary election, some 170 jobs has been axed from Handhufushi Resort at Herathera of Addu atoll and more are to be expected, according to information received to Miadhu Daily.

Emirates said it will increase flights to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo by resuming services via Male from July 1 with the launch of three additional flights a week between Dubai and Colombo.

Male: Something had been missing since morning. I realised suddenly that it was the music that blares from the flat opposite my balcony at regular intervals, being switched off only at prayer time.

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Maldives is one of the best spots in the world known for its diving. It is usually considered to be expensive as well.

MALE: The Republic of Maldives and the Republic of Kosovo have today formally established Diplomatic Relations.

MALE: Maldives National Defense Force had said that if Maldivian fishermen sails 36 miles north of northernmost island of Maldives, Haa Alif Thuraakunu, fishermen are out of Maldivian waters.

MALE: Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence group said it has opened its latest Maldivian luxury resort called Adaaran a Prestigea Vadoo.

MALE: Sheikh Mohamed Nasheed Adam while delivering the Friday sermon at Masjid Mohamed Thakurufaanu Al Auzam on the 27 March has urged the people not to visit Medhu Ziyaarai on 29 March, the day Maldives embraced Islam.