Maldives News: Maldives attracts tourists from all over the world. 209,198 tourists from India visited there in 2023. Many of them were cine-celebrities. He also used to shoot some cinema shots in this coral-island group. Therefore the economy of Maldives benefited a lot. On the other hand, when natural disasters struck Maldives, India was first and foremost in providing assistance. Hence the saying started in Maldives that India is our 199 (disaster) call number. Despite this, Maldivian President Muizzu adopted a pro-China stance and ordered only 88 soldiers to leave Maldives by adopting India-outside policy. Since then its relations with India had deteriorated.
On the other hand, India developed its Lakshadweep islands as a tourist destination, opening up tough competition to the Maldives. The number of Indian tourists in Maldives has decreased. A total of 1757393 tourists visit Maldives from all over the world. The largest number of these were Indians. In 2023 there were 1757939 visitors from all over the world. Out of which the maximum (209198) visitors were from India. After this, only 209146 tourists came from Russia and 187118 tourists came from China. Whereas from January to April 2023, 73785 visitors came from India. This number fell by 58% to 42,638 in 2024. Even the complete boycott of Maldives by cine celebrities has dealt a bigger blow to the economy of Maldives. One of his ministers (Mariama Schiappa) had called Modi a clown and a puppet of Israel. However, India was adamant that it exports eggs, potatoes, onions, wheat, rice, sugar, pulses and stones and sand (which is suitable for use on coral reefs). So Ahmed Mahloof, a minister, sent a long message on the handle thanking India.
