Maldives was largely unknown to tourists until the early seventies AD. Ptnatherha along the equator in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives archipelago possesses exceptional geographic unique in terms of being small islands. The archipelago consists of a small island in 1190 and which operates one per cent of its area amounting to 90,000 square kilometers. 185 only island is home to a population of about 300,000 people, while the other islands are used entirely for economic purposes, such as tourism, agriculture and tourism are more Anchara.autamthel 28% of GDP, and more than 60% of Alairadadt foreign currency. More than 90% of government tax revenue comes from import taxes and tourism-related fees. Development of tourism boosted the overall growth of the economy of the country, and created direct and indirect employment opportunities and income in other related industries was born, and it was the opening of the first tourist Almottagat in 1972 AD with the village Kuramba Bandos Island Resort.
According to the website of the Ministry of Tourism on the Internet resulted in the emergence of tourism in 1972 AD to a shift in the economy of the Maldives, moving rapidly from the dependence on the fisheries sector to the tourism sector. In three and a half decades the industry has become the main source of income and livelihood for the people of the Maldives. Tourism is also the country's largest generator of foreign exchange and the largest contributor to GDP. Today, there are 89 resort in the Maldives with a clinical ability to more than 17,000, and providing world-class facilities for tourists who exceed the annual 600,000
tourists.
Number of resorts has increased from 2 to 92 between 1972 and 2007 and the number of visitors to the Maldives until 2007 AD, more than 8.38 million tourists.
Practically all visitors arriving by international financial reality Airport in Holly Hall Island near the capital Male '. Airport serves a wide variety of trips to India, Sri Lanka, Dubai and major airports in Southeast Asia. As well as an increasing number of charters from Europe, most flights stop in Colombo (Sri Lanka) on the way.
Gan Airport, on an atoll in the South Addo also serve international flights to Milan several times a week.
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