The Maldives: Endangered Travel Destination?

Travel Blog  •  Valerie Conners  •  11.10.08 | 10:25 AM ET

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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.

 


Valerie Conners

Valerie Conners is the senior producer and editor at World Hum.


1 Comment for The Maldives: Endangered Travel Destination?

Maldives Tourism Update 11.11.08 | 2:43 AM ET

This is a very sad issue. No can imagine the danger in this. The whole world should think about this. Imagine some houses are about 2 meters away from the beach.

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