Oct 4, 2024, 8:59 PM IST
EaseMyTrip resumes Maldives bookings as bilateral ties improve between governments and with President Muizzu scheduled to visit India next week
EaseMyTrip resumed bookings for Maldives on 04 Oct 2024 after being suspended since January this year due to India-Maldives diplomatic row, Moneycontrol reported.
The online travel aggregator said the move comes after careful consideration, looking at the already improved bilateral ties between the two governments and also after a constructive discussion with the Maldives Ministry of Tourism, according to the report.
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This also comes long after a leading Maldives travel authority wrote to EaseMyTrip CEO Nishant Pitti, asking him to reverse the decision to cancel flight bookings to the Maldives through the platform. That was on January 9th.
“The ties that bind our nations transcend politics. We consider our Indian counterparts not only as business partners but also as dear brothers and sisters,” said the report, as quoted by the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO).
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The report also quoted Abdullah Ghiyas, president of MATATO, as saying that the Indian market is an “indispensable force” in the success of the Maldivian tourism sector as it provides vital support to the guesthouses and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) it depends on. of incoming Indian visitors.
The country received 2 lakh Indian visitors out of a total of 17.57 lakh tourists who came there last year.
It also comes at a time when Maldivian President Mohamed Muitsu is scheduled to visit India from October 7 to 10, the first ever state visit here.
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