MOSCOW, may 4 – RIA Novosti. In the Maldives because of the pandemic, stuck hundreds of tourists who cannot fly home, according to Weather.com.
the tourism Minister of the Maldives Ali Waheed said that about 500 tourists stay on the island, they are not yet able to fly home. With about 100 of them are in the airport.
the Government is helping travelers who can’t afford to stay in the resorts. “They are for us, as our citizens. It’s the people who have led our country to prosperity,” said Waheed.
Coronavirus completely destroyed the tourism industry on the Islands, because the country has closed its borders and suspended flights, the newspaper writes. This is a serious blow to the economy of the state because the income from the hospitality industry is 28 per cent of the GDP of the Maldives.
