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Article: Sinking in Maldives.(tourism in Maldives)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 9, 1999
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Not everyone, it seems, has heard of Maldives. Hassan Sobir tells of a visit to China where an official scrutinised his passport with some puzzlement and eventually asked, politely, whether his country might have changed its name recently. The Chinese official had clearly never longed to dive in warm, clear waters, exploring a reef full of exotic fish, or had thought of living for a week or two like a spoilt Robinson Crusoe among the palm trees in a small island. This is what Maldives is famous for. Tourism is its chief industry, its main earner. Mr Sobir is the tourism minister.
It is a worrying job. The tourist industry, and Maldives itself, are almost entirely ...
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