Maldives Business
• Main imports: Petroleum products, ships, food, clothing, intermediate and capital goods.
• Main exports: Fish.
• Main trade partners: India, China, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Economy
The December 2004 tsunami left more than 100 dead, 12,000 displaced, and property damage exceeding US$300 million, though recovery has been steady and didn't affect the tourism industry particularly adversely by the standards of other tsunami-afflicted countries.
Diversifying beyond tourism and fishing is the major challenge facing the government. The new government is seeking to diversify the tourism market by introducing hotels on inhabited islands and creating a national transport network - both two things that in the past have kept independent travellers away. There is also a plan to make Maldives the world's first carbon-neutral country by 2012.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Sun-Thurs 0730-1430. Friday and Saturday are official rest days.
Conferences & Conventions
Boduthakurufaanu Magu, Maafannu, Malé, 20345, Republic of Maldives
Tel: 334 4333.
Website: www.stomaldives.com
Universal Resorts (Information on Conferences/Conventions)
Universal Enterprises Ltd, 39 Orchid Magu, Malé, Republic of Maldives
Tel: 332 3080 or 333 2262/70/71.
Website: www.universalresorts.com
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