Destination: Maldives

Paradise, Backstage

by Andrew Evans | 07.26.10 | 11:21 AM ET

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What happens when a guy who buys luggage at Target finds himself in a $16,000-a-night villa in the Maldives? Andrew Evans reports from the lap of luxury.

Tags: Global Village, Hotels, Islands, Asia, Maldives

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Global Warming Tourism: The Rising Sea Level Slideshow!

by Joanna Kakissis | 02.27.09 | 3:37 PM ET

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Florida’s Key West as well as the Maldives, Tuvalu and the islands of Pate and Ndau in the Lamu Archipelago off the Northern coast of Kenya are among eight places that rising sea levels due to climate change will soon make uninhabitable, according to a provocative slideshow at Treehugger.

I hope this doesn’t start a trend in “climate-change cruises.”

Tags: Cruising, Developing World, Eco Travel, Global Warming, Islands, Australia & Pacific, Tuvalu, Asia, Maldives, North America, United States, Florida, Key West, News and Briefs

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The Maldives: Endangered Travel Destination?

by Valerie Conners | 11.10.08 | 10:25 AM ET

Photo by Muha... via Flickr (Creative Commons).

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The Maldives’ president-elect has announced plans to purchase a new homeland for residents of his nation, the BBC reports, ideally in a region with similar culture, like Sri Lanka or India. The plan—sparked by fears that rising tides may eventually decimate many of the nation’s islands—would be funded by a “sovereign wealth fund” using tourism revenues.

Tags: Eco Travel, Tres Loco, Asia, Maldives, News and Briefs