Resort and Spa on The Maldives
"Luxury resort or budget"
"Luxury resort or budget"
A tourist resort in the Maldives consists of an exclusive hotel on its own privat island, with its population entirely based on tourists and work force, with no local people or houses.
These islands developed for tourism are approximately 800 by 200 metres in size and are composed of sand and coral to a maximum height of about 2 metres above the sea. In addition to its beach encircling the island, each island has its own "house reef" which serves as a coral garden and natural aquarium for scuba divers and snorkelers. The shallow water enclosed by the house reef also serves as a large natural swimming pool and protects swimmers from the ocean waves and strong tidal currents outside the house reef.
The buildings on a typical Maldive resort includes rooms and suites reserved for use by its guests:
And so on.
Read more about Scuba Diving.Most resorts offer a wide variety of activities such as aerobics, beachvolleyball, table tennis, diving and island jumping.
The promotion of ecotourism is practiced in the Maldives as it is a beach resort country with fragile natural habitats. Resorts such as Soneva Gili emphasizes on the promotion of ecotourism such as recycling of heat that is wasted in producing electricity in the resort and it also has policies of waste disposal.
Furthermore, the government aims to conserve the natural beauty of the Maldives islands before they are being altered into resorts by enforcing laws such as prohibition of catching turtles and reduction in the damages caused to the coral reefs.
Due to its extraordinary underwater scenery and clean water, Maldives is also ranked among one of the best recreational diving destinations of the world.