The Tourism
Conference 2019 was held as part of the celebrations to commemorate World
Tourism Day at Crossroads Maldives in Emboodhoo Lagoon.
During the
ceremony, Tourism Minister Ali Waheed revealed governments plans to further
increase and develop tourism facilities in all parts of the country. The ministry
has inspected all tourism related places to find any issues that needs to be overcome.
Minister
Waheed acknowledged the contributions made by the industry to promote tourism
in the Maldives for the past forty-seven years and mentioned that the tourism
industry financially assisted with the tourism day celebrations.
Chairman
of Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI) Ahmed Umar Manik was the
guest of honor at the conference.
From the
events carried out as part of the tourism day celebrations, the Minister talked
about how the Maldives broke the Guinness World Record on the greatest number
of people free-diving simultaneously with the President of Maldives
participating as well.
Over the last 47
years since the beginning of Tourism in the Maldives, right now Maldives is one
of the most popular tourism destinations known around the globe despite a slow
beginning. Ahmed Umar Manik highlighted the efforts given by MATI to train
professionals for the industry in his speech at the ceremony.
Discussions on environmental issues and opportunities for local craftsmen and
artists will be conducted during the conference on penal discussions. The target
audience of the Tourism Conference is the stakeholders in the tourism industry.
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