Malé, Maldives – Decisions stakeholders make right this moment will outline the following period of Maldives tourism, mentioned QUO CEO David Keen in the course of the keynote handle on the sixth annual Hotelier Maldives GM Forum. He outlined Maldives as a worldwide icon and benchmark for tourism globally and recommended now’s the time to type a street map to maintain its pre-eminent position.
This 12 months’s discussion board marked the 50th anniversary of Maldives tourism. In trying to the long run, Keen urged attendees to recollect how the Maldives arrived at present, noting an “absolute correlation between where we sit and where we’re going”.
“The Maldives is the benchmark for global tourism,” Keen mentioned, to spontaneous applause.
Speaking to an viewers together with His Excellency, the Minister of Tourism, Dr Abdulla Mausoom; founding pioneers, Mohammed Umar (MU) Maniku and Hussein Afeef; and lots of the main tourism pioneers and stakeholders, Keen shared candidly that the nation is at an inflection level from which it has to type a street map to the long run.
Keen famous that the Maldives’ repute as an icon of glamour and luxurious can be examined by financial headwinds and arrivals progress, which he summarised as trade-offs between exclusivity and accessibility. A key problem can be creating methods for the 2 to coexist.
He mirrored on the early days of Maldives’ tourism trade—when the nation’s isolation and pristine nature fuelled a way of journey in guests—noting that the way forward for tourism can be outlined by selections trade stakeholders make right this moment. He warned that following present market forces might result in short-term progress on the expense of notion.
Instead, Keen urged attendees to take cost and curate the approaching period by diversifying product choices, integrating experiences between islands and pioneering new experiences for friends. The end result can be long-term progress, better cultural distinction and an emboldened Brand Maldives.
Mohamed Mamduh, managing editor of Hotelier Maldives mentioned, “David Keen’s participation in the event, his keynote and the Q&A with the pioneers placed the challenges facing the Maldives in a global context. This will certainly be a catalyst for the destination, giving policy makers and tourism entrepreneurs plenty to think about as they strategise for the next 50 years.”
The discussion board was organised by Hotelier Maldives and hosted at Kurumba Maldives, the archipelago’s first resort. Following the handle, Keen moderated a Q&A session with Maniku and Afeef.
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