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India-Maldives: Maldives hit by boycott! Claims of 8000 hotel bookings and 2300 flight tickets being cancelled, will be in 'bad condition' in 25 days

India-Maldives Controversy: A large number of people from India go to Maldives for holidays. After the recent controversy the number of tourists may decrease.

India-Maldives: Maldives, an island country in the Indian Ocean, is in big trouble. People have started boycotting Maldives due to the objectionable remarks made about India by its leaders. There is also talk of cancellation of thousands of hotel bookings and flight tickets, which has not been officially confirmed. Maldives has also suspended the three ministers due to whom this controversy started.

According to the report of news agency ANI, considering the way the boycott campaign is going on, tour operators in India are preparing for the impact of cancellation of holidays in Maldives. He says that there are no new inquiries from people to visit this island country. The 'Indian Association of Tour Operators' has estimated that the consequences of the recent incidents and the impact of the boycott will be visible in the next 20 to 25 days.

Claim of hotel booking-flight ticket cancellation

At the same time, it is being claimed in social media posts that thousands of hotel bookings and flight tickets have been canceled after the objectionable remarks of Maldives ministers. It is being said in different posts that Indians have canceled more than 8000 hotel bookings and 2500 flight tickets in Maldives. However, these figures have not been officially confirmed. ABP News also does not claim that these figures are correct.

When will the effect of boycott be seen?

'Indian Association of Tour Operators' says that the effect of the demand for boycott will be clearly visible in 20 to 25 days. Association President Rajeev Mehra said, 'Suddenly there are no inquiries from tourists regarding Maldives. There has been a sudden decline in it. Those who have made the payment are not going to cancel. We hope that people will no longer book trips to Maldives.

When he was asked whether the news of large-scale cancellations were true? On this Mehra said, 'People have spent lakhs of rupees. But they are not going to cancel. Those who have not paid yet can withdraw. But the clear effect of the boycott will be visible in the next 25 days, because inquiries for new trips are not being made.

Indians' favorite location Maldives

Even though there is a lot of hue and cry about the cancellation, it cannot be denied that Maldives is a very popular location among Indians. According to data from the Ministry of Tourism of Maldives, Indians were the highest number of tourists coming to Maldives till December 2023. 2,09,198 tourists from India went to Maldives. After this, 2,09,146 tourists from Russia and 1,87,118 tourists from China reached this island country to visit.