Sunday, January 27, 2008

Kuoni chooses Maldives as favorite destination

Kuoni, one of the biggest tour operators in the world has chosen Maldives for a third time, as their favorite destination. According to a report published by Kuoni, they chose Maldives out of 10 contenders. The report also notes that Maldives was likely to be their favorite destination in year 2008 as well.

Maldives Tourism Promotion Board revealed that Maldives obtained the position not only because of its natural beauty but because of the quality of the services available at the resorts through out the country.

Executive Director of the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) Abdulla Mausoom said this was the result of the efforts of the industry sources as well as the efforts of the government to develop and promote the industry. He noted that last year Maldives received many such awards.

Minister of Tourism Dr. Mahmoud Shaugy said that he believed that this was because of the polices employed by the government to promote the industry as well as due to efforts made by Industry stakeholders to promote Maldives tourism.

Maldives in receiving this award competed against countries like Dhubai, Thailand, America, and Egypt.

Last year Maldives was chosen as Most Romantic Destination, Best Spa Resort, World Leading Diving Destination and the Most Famous Indian Ocean Destination.

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