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Ministry Of Tourism And Environment (Maldives)
The Ministry of Tourism and Environment is a Maldivian ministry responsible for Tourism in the Maldives, tourism and the environment of the Maldives. History The ministry was established after the Ministry of Tourism (Maldives), Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy was merged to form the Ministry of Tourism and Environment. The merger came with major backlash from the public as many viewed this as the government not caring about tourism. It also sparked fear about potential collapse of environmental oversight in the country. Note References 2025 establishments in the Maldives Government ministries of the Maldives, Tourism and Environment Tourism in the Maldives Tourism ministries, Maldives Environment ministries, Maldives {{Maldives-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Tourism (Maldives)
The Ministry of Tourism (, ) was part of the Cabinet of the Maldives, Maldivian Executive branch responsible to develop the Tourism in the Maldives, Maldivian tourism industry. The tourism ministry monitors the Tourism in the Maldives, tourism sector and regulates it. The tourism ministry was introduced in 1965 shortly after the History of the Maldives#Independence, independence of Maldives. According to the statistics provided by the ministry, Russia was the number one source of market for the country by 21 January 2023, with 16,974 tourists. Second place is Italy with 11,674 tourist arrivals. Third is India with 11,163 arrivals being recorded. Fourth largest source market being the United Kingdom with 9,509 tourists, while the fifth being Germany with 6,731 tourists. According to the ministry, 2,354 tourists arrived from China, which places it at number nine. The Ministry also awarded the 1,000,000th tourist of every year to visit Maldives. In February 2025, the ministry was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Climate Change, Environment And Energy ...
The Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy () was a Maldivian government ministry that is tasked with safeguarding and preserving the Maldives ecosystems and biodiversity as well as promoting sustainable energy resources. It was headquartered in Dharubaaruge following the Maldives government buildings fire. In February 2025, the ministry was merged into the Ministry of Tourism and formed the Ministry of Tourism and Environment. Ministers References {{Reflist Climate Change, Environment and Energy Maldives Maldives 2025 disestablishments in the Maldives Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoriq Ibrahim
Thoriq Ibrahim (born 1 February 1969) is a Maldivian politician and the current Minister of Tourism and Environment since 2023. Education Ibrahim acquired a Bachelor's degree in Building Services Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology. In 1995, a master's degree in Building Science from the National University of Singapore in 2002, and an MBA from Preston University in 2004. Career He was appointed as Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy by President Mohamed Muizzu on 17 November 2023. Earlier, he served as the Minister of Environment and Energy from 19 November 2013 to 17 November 2018 during the presidency of Abdulla Yameen. After finishing schooling, he took on a variety of engineering and project management work, most notably being the Project Director for the rebuilding nine houses that were damaged in the 2004 tsunami. He was also the chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States. His ministerial portfolio was changed on 1 February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism In The Maldives
Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, as it plays an important role in earning foreign exchange revenues and employing 25,000 people in the tertiary sector of the country. The archipelago of the Maldives is the main source of attraction to many tourists visiting the island country. Entrepreneurs have been swiftly amassing assets connected to the tourism sector in the Maldives. Given that tourism is the primary economic driver in the Maldives, this trend is affording the substantial influence over the nation's economy. The tourism industry is especially vulnerable to climate change: as one of the island nations expected to be most impacted by climate change, sea level rise and subsequent increased extreme weather, coastal flooding, and coral bleaching damage the natural attractions that bring many of the tourists to the country. History President Ibrahim Nasir is credited for having started tourism in the Maldives in 1972 in order to diversify the econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the Asian continent's mainland. The Maldives' chain of Atolls of the Maldives, 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Atolls of the Maldives#Ihavandhippolhu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south. The Maldives is the smallest List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia, country in Asia. Its land area is only , but this is spread over roughly of the sea, making it one of the world's most spatially dispersed sovereign states. With a population of 515,132 in the 2022 census, it is the second List of Asian countries by population, least populous country in Asia and the List of countries and dependencies by area, ninth-smallest country by area, but also one of the List of countries and depend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSM News
This is a list of notable newspapers and media outlets in the Maldives. The Maldives constitution guarantees freedom of expression as long as it is "not contrary to any tenet of Islam". There are both state-run and non-state media in the country. A report released in December 2023 by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) found that online news websites and platforms were the most popular news media accessed by Maldivian respondents (61%), while newspapers and magazines were mentioned by only 9%. In Dhivehi * '' Mihaaru'' – Newspaper in Dhivehi; website is bilingual * Dhuvaafaru Live - Newspaper in Dhivehi * PSM News – State-run media outlet * Raajje TV – Private, pro-opposition outlet * ''Sun Online'' – Dhivehi and English * Adhadhu – Private, bilingual website * Mulhiraajje – Private, bilingual website In English * '' Maldives Independent'' * ''Miadhu'' * ''The Edition'' * PSM News * Raajje TV * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adhadhu
''Adhadhu'' is an online news website based in Malé, Maldives. Adhadhu's journalists has received many awards from the Maldives Media Council. History Adhadhu was registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs on 22 February 2022. On 20 March 2023, Editor-in-chief Hussain Fiyaz Moosa was sent text messages which contained death threats after publishing an article about organised crime and religious extremism. In 2024, Adhadhu won the politics, sports, video documentary, investigative journalism (audio and video) categories at the Journalism Awards. On 16 March 2025, Adhadhu filed a police complaint after president Mohamed Muizzu called Adhadhu's CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and threatened him. This was condemned by the Maldives Journalists Association and Transparency Maldives. Controversies Adhadhu produced a documentary called " Skeelan", which is about president Mohamed Muizzu's stepmother. The documentary has been based on a false narrative according to multiple sources th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldives Independent
''Maldives Independent'' is a news outlet which is based in Maldives. It was conceived in 2004 as Minivan News but was renamed to Maldives Independent in 2015. History The outlet was first named Minivan News ('Minivan' meaning Independent) founded by members of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on 29 November 2004. In 2014, the office of Minivan News was attacked following the disappearance of former journalist Ahmed Rilwan, which was condemned by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with Maldives Journalists Association (MJA). On 31 July 2015, Minivan News was renamed to the Maldives Independent. In 2016, Police entered into the headquarters of the Maldives Independent, suspected to be related to the '' Stealing Paradise'' documentary by Al Jazeera. In 2017, Maldives Independent was nominated for the Freedom of Expression Awards 2017 by the Index on Censorship Index on Censorship is an organisation campaigning for freedom of expression. It prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Establishments In The Maldives
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Ministries Of The Maldives
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments and subsidiary organizations. The main types of modern political systems recognized are democracies, totalitarian regimes, and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with a variety of hybrid regimes. Modern classification systems also include monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. Historically prevalent forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism Ministries
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to the growth. The United Nations World Tourism Organization has estimated that global international tourist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
