The Maldives: Endangered Travel Destination?

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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.

I’d say we might consider preemptively adding the Maldives to the list of endangered cultural sites, before it gets shipped off elsewhere.

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