The figure illustrates tourists arrival to the Maldives from different regions. The log scale helps us to understand rate of change. Some notable changes include stagnation of European market from 2005-2015, and slowdown of Asian market since 2015. On the…
From August to September 2016, I conducted a field survey of Guesthouses in the Maldives to obtain information about the education and work experience of Guesthouse owners/managers as well as the quality of the environment where the hotels are located.…
Do hotels with higher guest ratings have higher room prices? [Booking.com ask guests to give a score between 1 to 10 based on each of following items (services) of the hotels: cleanliness, comfort, location, facilities, staff and value for money]…
One of the notable trends in the post-1950 has been the rising importance of international tourism activities. Tourist arrivals increased from 25 million globally in 1950 to 1.133 billion in 2014 (World Tourism Organization [UNWTO] Tourism Highlights, 2015 Edition, 2015).…
– Considering the fast-evolving nature of the COVID-19 crisis, it is extremely challenging to forecast international tourist arrivals to the Maldives during the year 2020. – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimates international tourist arrivals could decline by 20% to 30%…
Although Maldives is a small country, it presents an interesting case to anyone interested in those factors associated with tourism flow because it has one of the most well-developed tourism industry among island economies. However, the questions arise as to…
As highlighted through a survey of early studies of international tourism by Sinclair (1998), income from tourism contributes significantly to the developing countries, in particular to the SIDS. Yet, few studies have rigorously investigated the factors that influence international tourist…
What do consumers value in tourism? This question is of practical interest to the $1.2 trillion/year world tourism industry, policy makers in tourism-dependent countries such as Maldives, as well as economists interested in the theory of consumer behavior.[1]Answering this question…
Since the 1950s, international tourism has played a major role in economic development in the developing world in general and small island developing states (SIDS) in particular. The Maldives, for example, has transformed itself from sleepy fishing villages into a…
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