No new inquiry for holidays in Maldives: Indian tour operators

Tour operators in India are gearing up for an impact of calls for a cancellation of holidays in the Maldives as they said that there are no new inquiries by people for visits to the island nationThe Indian Association of Tour Operators predicts that the repercussions of recent events and the call for a boycott will become apparent within the next 2025 daysHowever the operators deny reports of mass cancellations stating If a person has paid an advance for plane tickets and hotels they will not cancel itMany Indians on social media have claimed that they have cancelled their planned holidays to the island nationThe founder of Make My Trip Deep Kalra said that there has been no mass cancellation of planned holidays by Indians to the island nationWe have not noticed such a pattern as of now There has been no such mass cancellation Kalra saidMeanwhile the Indian Association of Tour Operators said that the impact of the chain of events and the call for a boycott will be visible in 2025 daysSuddenly there has been no inquiry on Maldives There are sudden drops Those who have made payments will not cancel them We are expecting that people will not book trips to the Maldives Rajiv Mehra president of the Indian Association of Tour Operators saidWhen asked whether the reports of mass cancellation are true Mehra replied People have spent lakhs of rupees but they are not cancelling it Those who have not made payments are expected to back out But the real impact of the boycott will be visible in the next 25 days as there are no new inquiriesThe Indian Association of Tour Operators IATO is the national body for the tourism industry It has over 1600 members covering all segments of the tourism industryAnother operator echoed a similar sentiment stating that such statements by politicians prevent people from choosing a particular nation for a tripMoreover the Maldives was quite popular among Indians as a tourist destinationIndian tourists were the highest among visitors to the Maldives till December 2023 according to data from the countrys tourism ministryThe largest number of tourists who visited the Maldives were from India 209198 followed by Russia 209146 and China 187118Maldives is quite popular among Indians But this incident will have an impact We are also seeing an impact right now as well We are expecting a downfall in people choosing the Maldives as a tourist destination a Delhibased tour operator said on the condition of anonymityThe Maldives government on Sunday suspended three ministers over their derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra ModiMariyam Shiuna Malsha Shareef and Mahzoom Majid were suspended over their remarks against PM Modi which triggered a massive backlashShiuna made derogatory remarks against PM Modi on social media platform X The post by Shiuna which has now been deleted featured images of PM Modi from his recent visit to LakshadweepThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever