Maldives is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the world. The country has a small population of just 300,000 and in this year, nearly 670,000 tourists are expected to visit Maldives. S, from this figure, you can imagine easily that tourism contributes a lot in GDP of the country. The capital city of Maldives is Male and it is a very small city. This city does not have any hi fi luxry hotel. Now, government of Maldives is planning to get one.
LBO reported:
The proposed development is part of the Maldives' plan to attract a million tourists by 2010 and increase its hotel bed capacity some 80 percent to 36,700 by 2012.
The government has offered an area of 40,000 square feet (3,716 square meters) on a 25-year lease for the 200-bed hotel, Tourism Minister Mahamood Shougee told AFP.
Male, which measures one square mile (2.5 square kilometres), has over a dozen guest houses and small hotels but no five-star property.
This is good news for the tourists who want to visit Maldives. Having a five star hotel in the capital city Male will make life easier for many tourists and at the same time create some new jobs in the country.
Happy news for happy tourits to the countyr. It should have been done long time ago.
Posted by: Techtainment | August 30, 2007 4:33 PM | Permalink to Comment