Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Tuesday appealed to China to “intensify” efforts to send more tourists to his country, amid a spate of cancellation of reservations by Indian tourists after a diplomatic row erupted over the derogatory remarks by his ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Belt and road: visiting Maldives president vows greater cooperation with China on infrastructure projects
Mohamed Muizzu tells Invest Maldives business forum China is one of his country’s closest allies and developmental partners New Muizzu presidency marks shift in Male after his predecessor accused China’s infrastructure initiative of saddling the Maldives with excessive debt China remains one of the closest allies of the Maldives,
Trouble in paradise as Modi’s India beach pictures provoke bizarre diplomatic spat with Maldives
Tensions have been brewing since the Maldives elected a pro-China president, but few would have expected the Indian PM’s innocuous holiday snaps to be the trigger for them to boil over. Shweta Sharma …
India’s leading travel platform suspends bookings to Maldives in wake of ‘derogatory’ social media posts
India’s leading travel platform EaseMyTrip has indefinitely suspended flight bookings to the Maldives following social media posts against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X.
Maldives president courts investors in China as Indian ties sag
At an “Invest Maldives” forum in a southern Chinese port city, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu shook hands and exchanged words with smiling local officials on a China visit set to deepen bilateral ties as the archipelagic nation pirouettes away from India.
What will be the impact of current row on tourism in Maldives and Lakshadweep
Amid tensions arising from remarks by Maldivian politicians regarding PM Modi and his Lakshadweep visit, various entities including the Indian Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation and Tourism Committee, …
Maldives president courts investors in China as ties with India sag
At an “Invest Maldives” forum in a southern Chinese port city, the Maldivian president shook hands and exchanged words with smiling local officials on a China visit set to deepen bilateral ties as the …
‘No cancellations yet’, but decline in inquiries & new bookings for Maldives, say tour operators
Indians were 2nd-largest nationality to visit Maldives in 2023, but fresh inquiries have dropped after 3 Maldivian ministers responded harshly to Modi’s post on X promoting Lakshadweep.
India-Maldives Row Escalates, Agency Suspends Flight Bookings to Islands
The Maldives government suspended deputy ministers Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoom Majid for calling Modi a “clown”, “terrorist” and “puppet of Israel” on social media platform X, in response to a video of him visiting the Indian islands of Lakshadweep, north of the Maldives, to promote local tourism.
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