One of the serious economic problems that exist in Maldives is depending our economy solely on Tourism.
Tourism could be great economic booster and revenue generator, sometimes. But it is just based on the status of other economies (mostly from where the tourists some). We all know what happened to tourism in 2001 after 9/11 attack. We all know the pitfall that our economy faced due to Tsunami on 2004. What we don’t know is what’s gonna happen in those countries tomorrow. This keeps on going and going. Tourism is just like an open-close-open-close-open door. We don’t know how long the door will be open.
Despite the fact that, tourism is not trustworthy to be a foundation of the economy, Maldivian government is spending high capital on development of the tourism sector. Why? Is it worth? I know, some guys like Sir Philips who come to Maldives one in a blue moon to celebrate their birthdays could bring a lot of income. But, are we going to rely on them forever.
Announcements and building of new resorts and new hotels in various areas of the country would cause more dependable people on tourism. Even a slight economic depression in Europe could leap to loss of jobs who work in tourism sector. So it would does effect our nation as a whole. Why can’t the government spend that money on something durable? Something long lasting without instabilities?
The closest competitor in income generation is fishing. I am sure it would be more beneficial and economic if the government is to spend that money on development of fishing sector. We own resources for fishing, and are less reliable on others. In recent years, fishing sector has faced a lot of problems and difficulties. We saw a time fishermen were unable to sell their fish stock and they showed angry feeling to government policies. Why has the government not taken proper actions to solve the discrepancies occurring in fishing sector?
Most of the Maldivian would tell we can’t produce anything here and my answer for that would be “Why not?” Have we ever noticed that we have around 900 uninhabited islands here? What is that land for? I guess now its just left for coconut trees, and Maldivian government is happy with monthly Rf 100 they get from other islands as varuvaa.
Here are some ideas. We can harvest vegetables and fruits in a broad way. (water-melon and handful varieties of fruits are not enough). We can make Maldivian packed eggs? Yeah! Some inhabited islands could be invested for that. Aren’t we tired of eating Indian eggs? We can export some kind of medicines and herbs? Has anybody think of other creatures in the sea except fish? We could make a good use of them? Pearl? We could introduce re-exporting business to Maldives. We can make various fruit juices – kuruba juice, banana taste, mango and guava would be just great. If we can make and fill coco-cola, we do can make fresh juice packets just like in the same quality of jussiiee…
Ideas are not enough! All we need is a change! And people who would lead change!
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eheheh! hell yeah! its true! we could produce some but who cares?
yea those are great ideas. but the government is too stubborn to do anything about it. golhaa wants to develop more resorts so that he can have a share of the profits and the rich people in the tourism business are getting richer nd richer while the rest of us suffers.
very good point. we cant rely on tourism alone. its time we decide to take alternative roads. isa y fishing is the best. our fish is one of the best in world, we can sell it a a higher price to EU and the Eastern copuntries than any other competitor. why not invest. as autodynamix said the govt is too stubbor to invest in these type of thing. they have money and they dont want to invest.. i read the haveeru articl on gasim not knowing what to do with 20million us dollars. imagine!!!!!
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