Malé, Maldives – Choices stakeholders make in the present day will outline the subsequent period of Maldives tourism, stated QUO CEO David Eager in the course of the keynote handle on the sixth annual Hotelier Maldives GM Discussion board. He outlined Maldives as a worldwide icon and benchmark for tourism globally and recommended now’s the time to type a street map to maintain its pre-eminent position.
This yr’s discussion board marked the 50th anniversary of Maldives tourism. In seeking to the long run, Eager urged attendees to recollect how the Maldives arrived at present, noting an “absolute correlation between the place we sit and the place we’re going”.
“The Maldives is the benchmark for international tourism,” Eager stated, to spontaneous applause.
Talking to an viewers together with His Excellency, the Minister of Tourism, Dr Abdulla Mausoom; founding pioneers, Mohammed Umar (MU) Maniku and Hussein Afeef; and most of the main tourism pioneers and stakeholders, Eager shared candidly that the nation is at an inflection level from which it has to type a street map to the long run.
Eager famous that the Maldives’ fame as an icon of glamour and luxurious can be examined by financial headwinds and arrivals development, which he summarised as trade-offs between exclusivity and accessibility. A key problem can be creating methods for the 2 to coexist.
He mirrored on the early days of Maldives’ tourism trade—when the nation’s isolation and pristine nature fuelled a way of journey in guests—noting that the way forward for tourism can be outlined by selections trade stakeholders make in the present day. He warned that following present market forces may result in short-term development on the expense of notion.
As an alternative, Eager urged attendees to take cost and curate the approaching period by diversifying product choices, integrating experiences between islands and pioneering new experiences for company. The end result can be long-term development, better cultural distinction and an emboldened Model Maldives.
Mohamed Mamduh, managing editor of Hotelier Maldives stated, “David Eager’s participation within the occasion, his keynote and the Q&A with the pioneers positioned the challenges going through the Maldives in a worldwide context. This can actually be a catalyst for the vacation spot, giving coverage makers and tourism entrepreneurs lots to consider as they strategise for the subsequent 50 years.”
The discussion board was organised by Hotelier Maldives and hosted at Kurumba Maldives, the archipelago’s first resort. Following the handle, Eager moderated a Q&A session with Maniku and Afeef.
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