What the Maldives looked like before mass tourism CNN 2 hrs ago © Courtesy Kurumba Maldives
The Maldives: turquoise waters, luminous white sands, gorgeous technicolor sunsets and, of course, luxury.
But believe it or not there was a time when the Maldives wasn t one of the most glamorous getaways in the world.
When Mohamed Umar MU Maniku and three friends opened Kurumba, the country s first tourist resort, in 1972, there wasn t even a dock. Visitors had to wade in waist-high water to get from the boat to the beach. © Courtesy Kurumba Maldives
The first visitors were mostly journalists and photographers from Italy.
Even though there weren t glass-bottom overwater villas and seaplanes yet, it was clear that the Maldives was already working its magic. Today, there are more than 100 resorts spread across more than 1,200 islands.
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Renunciation of real fur: product ranges successfully transformed
Stuttgart, 26/01/2021 At the end of 2020, fashion and lifestyle company Breuninger discontinued the sale of real fur in all department stores throughout Germany as well as in its online shop breuninger.com. With this move, Breuninger joins the international Fur Free Retailer programme, making an important contribution to responsible and sustainable consumer behaviour.
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As we enter the new year, Breuninger has successfully transformed all ranges across approximately 1000 brands and no longer sells any goods made entirely of, or containing, real fur throughout the entire business. The company had already stopped purchasing real fur products since the 2020 spring/summer collection, and it completed the final clearance sale of items from previous collections by the end of 2020. In future, Breuninger will no longer sell products made of Angora wool or
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