Maldives Boat Club

Maldives shines in Marine Diving Fair 2006, Japan, Tokyo

2006-04-17

Maldives received some prestigious Dive & Travel Awards at the Marine Diving Fair. These include three awards representing the Maldives as destination and five awards won by two resorts in the Maldives. As a destination, the Maldives won "Best Resort Area - Overseas", "Best Dreaming Area" and "Best Diving Area". Coco Palm Dunikolhu won "Best Resort hotel Overseas", "Best over water bungalows", "Best Beach" and "Best Snorkelling (Second Place)". Olhuveli Beach & Spa won an award in the best beach category.

The travel trade and consumers with specific interests in diving visited this fair. The fair organiser, the Marine Art Centre of Japan, estimated that nearly 50,000 people would visit this fair.

Maldives Tourism Promotion Board and its Public Relations representative (JTB Corp) in Japan also organised a seminar on "Maldives Tourism Product" on 10 April 2006. The invitees for this seminar included tour operators, travel agents and land operators from Japan and Travel trade from the Maldives.

Japan remains the number one market from Asia and hold fifth position overall to the destination. Japanese visitors shared 4.7% of the tourist arrivals to the Maldives by March 2006.

Top 10 Reasons to Choose Liveaboards

2006-04-15

1. The opportunity to do more dives at the most pristine and untouched dive sites,
   
   


2. No crowds or other dive boats on your site,
   
   


3. Diving is made easy and hassle free, no worries about gear, time, travel,
   
   


4. No carrying heavy gear or tanks or doing long, repeated boat rides to the dive sites,
   
   


5. Freedom to dive your own plan and profile without a dive master right next to you (unless you want a Divemaster buddy),
   
   


6. Considerable opportunity to see more unspoiled reefs, unique, and rare marine life close up,
   
   


7. Everything you need is right with you,
   
   


8. Underwater photography is made easy with experts on board to give you the latest pointers and suggestions,
   
   


9. Food, food, and more food.
   
   


10. and, Best value for your trip dollars.