– 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%…
With the improvement in living standard and better health facilities, among others, the life expectancy in the Maldives now stands at 76 years. This suggests an increase in the elderly population in the country. However, most of these senior citizens,…
Over the years, many seafarers have visited the Maldives, some cast ashore by shipwreck. As a result, Maldives is referred by Indian, Arab, Chinese, and even Roman sources. Yet, few well-known foreign scholars have systematically studied the Maldives.Foreign scholars who…
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…
Izu Consultancy is working with the island Council of Holhuhdoo to submit a project proposal to the Embassy of Japan in the Maldives under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The purpose of the project proposal is…
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…
I am very thankful to ‘Team Kaiho Sangyo’ for accepting me to learn about Automotive Recycling. I was hosted at their International Recycling Education Centre (IREC). On 5th September, following an introductory meeting with the President of the Company Mr.…
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…
A new region-based comparative global history emerged when Jones (1981) compared Europe with three Asian empires (China, Japan, and India for 1400-1800), thus, recent research has explored economic history without being Eurocentric (Sugihara, 2014). For example, in his book on…
