Official figures released by the Maldives Ministry of Tourism showed a notable drop in the number of Indian travellers visiting the island nation. Over 2 lakh Indians visited Maldives annually in the last three years, the highest from any country post-COVID 19 pandemic, the data showed.
Lakshadweep news: Lakshadweep can hardly afford the ill fate of Maya Bay in Thailand, made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio film 'The Beach', or of Ladakh, made famous by the Hindi film 'Three Idiots'.
There are 88 Indian military personnel in the island nation which has become a geopolitical hotspot amid the growing strategic significance of the Indian Ocean region and border tensions between India and China.