Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
January 4, 2012 A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlors in the Maldives was lifted on Wednesday under pressure from the country's key tourism industry a week after it was imposed as part of an effort to curb perceived vice. We have lifted...
Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
The tourism ministry ordered all massage and beauty treatment centres to close six days ago in response to public demonstrations in the capital against spas organised by the hardline Islamist opposition Adhaalath party. "There was a huge...
Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Maldives president in dramatic U-turn just days after Islamists forced him to ban centres at luxury resorts Last updated at 4:23 PM on 4th January 2012 The president of the Maldives today ordered the country's resorts to reopen their spas just days...
BBC South Asia
| over 1 year ago
Maldives spa 'prostitution' closures overturned The tourism industry was strongly opposed to the ban The Maldives has overturned a decision made last week to shut down all spas and health centres in resorts, President Mohamed Nasheed has declared.
AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of the Maldives has ordered the country's resorts to reopen their spas pending a court decision, just days after they were shut under pressure from protesters led by an Islamic opposition party.
President...
CNN
| over 1 year ago
The court's involvement stems from an acrimonious showdown between the government and opposition parties over Islam's role in the governing of the nation, an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands south-southeast of India. After calls by...
CNN Blog
| over 1 year ago
The Supreme Court of the Maldives is expected to rule Wednesday on whether resorts and hotels in the popular tourist destination can continue to sell spa treatments, alcohol and pork. The court's involvement stems from an acrimonious showdown between...
Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
The president of the Indian Ocean archipelago announced over the weekend that all spas and massage parlours should be closed as Islamist opposition parties believed they were a front for prostitution. However, the country's tourism association has...
Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Last week the tourism ministry instructed resort hotels across the nation's coral islands to close all spas and health centres offering beauty treatments and massages. Male. "The ban is very disruptive, not helpful for tourism and bad for our country'...
