With Many of Its People Vaccinated, Maldives Wooing Tourists

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The Maldives – a tiny nation of about twelve hundred islands set in crystalline waters – depends on income from tourism. The pandemic cut that revenue in half. But with COVID on the run, the government’s wooing tourists, especially from China. VOA’s Janine Phakdeetham reports.
Video editor: Warangkana Chomchuen

12 Jul 2021 English United States News · Society & Culture

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