India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is urging people to make “Lakshadweep Islands” as their 1st priority touring destination in their wish list.
Recently, PM Narendra Modi visited the Lakshadweep islands, and a few of his pictures from the tour went viral on media within no time. Lakshadweep Islands are the most trending in India, but Why Is The PM Promoting Tourism In Lakshadweep Islands?, Why Boycott Maldives Is Trending. Read the full article to know why PM Modi is urging tourists.
PM Modi In Lakshadweep Island:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to visit the Lakshadweep islands on 4 January 2024, and his pictures surfaced in the media. This led to people searching for the island that the PM visited. Also, Modi himself stated to make Lakshadweep islands the most priority tourist destination, which raised questions in many about why the PM himself urged tourists to visit Lakshadweep islands rather than Maldives.
The simple answer is due to rising concerns from China. Let me tell you straight and why.
What You Will Learn From This Article
Why Maldives Became A Tourist Attraction:
Maldives are very near to Lakshadweep islands, where around 3,00,000 tourists visit per year from India, but Lakshadweep only sees around 25k tourist visits per year across the world.
Even though there are many similarities between the islands, like sand, beaches, and tourist attractions, many tourists tend to visit Maldives instead of Lakshadweep islands. In recent years, many famous stars visited Maldives which has become the most wish-listed tourist destination.
Alongside due to the opening of resorts and restaurants with different styles it has become the most attractive and popular island.
One has to complete the police verification based in Kochi to enter Lakshadweep islands this led to the majority of people not preferring Lakshadweep Islands and when the verification is done once one can any number of times without the need for verification. This verification is part of the Lakshadweep Islands permit to enter the island or to stay on the island.
Why Is PM Modi Promoting The Lakshadweep Islands?
Mohamed Muizzu, who is backed by China, won the elections in September 2023 with 54% votes against Mohamed Solih and became the president of Maldives. After he became the president he stated to withdraw the Indian military presence in Maldives along with reviewing the 100 agreements made with India. It is also said that the former president is against India with support from China and is set to visit China this month. This shows the safety concerns of tourists who visit the Maldives, and Indian tourists have more risk than any other tourists.
Boycott Maldives:
After 2 days of the PM tour in Lakshadweep islands, Three Maldives Ministers tweeted words against PM Modi which led to the trend of boycotting Maldives in the media causing the cancellation of more than 8000 flight tickets and around 2,500 hotel bookings showing a negative impact on Maldives Government leading in promotion of domestic tourist destinations like Lakshadweep islands.
Even the Bollywood stars came in support of the boycott of Maldives as the tweets were against PM Modi. Bollywood stars are also the reason for the huge development of the Maldives where their followers often tend to follow and visit the same tourist destinations.
Threat In Maldives:
The removal of military power and review of the 100 Agreements can alter the safety rules of tourists visiting from across the world. The Indians account for 25% of total tourism in Maldives. As the president is backed by China, there will not be much support in any uncertain situation, and even China can do anything against India. It seems like Due to rising concerns from China, PM Narendra Modi is promoting the India-backed Lakshadweep islands with no concern regarding the safety of tourists of any country.
Anyone can promote tourism in Lakshadweep islands, but the impact can be low and takes time to accept the new tourist destination, which might not show much impact on tourists.
Lakshadweep Islands Growth:
After the promotion of tourism in Lakshadweep islands by Modi himself, many companies are all set to invest in different kinds of tourist attractions that are part of tourism. It is said that IHCL the part Taj Group of hotels set up two 5-star resorts on two separate islands which are Lakshadweep islands along with many other investment deals worth crores are happening currently with the government to develop tourism in Lakshadweep islands.
Until now there are no proper flights to Lakshadweep islands but after the promotion by PM Modi, the companies are planning for regular flights to the islands. As the Lakshadweep islands are part of India if tourism in Lakshadweep islands grows then the Indian economy will increase substantially.
Conclusion:
This is the very first and unique promotion by PM Narendra Modi, which attracts tourists as he is the one of most influential people in the world. Lakshadweep islands are very similar to Maldives, but due to their reach around the world, Maldives has become one of the most famous tourist destinations.
Similarly, PM Modi has promoted the Lakshadweep islands, which is great to see and can expect more footfalls in the Lakshadweep islands. The more footfalls, the more popular it becomes, and then many resorts and restaurants will be established, which will generate massive revenue for the country. If Lakshadweep islands become as famous as Maldives, then the Indian government will receive massive revenue from tourism.
Due to a boycott trend in the media, the Maldives government has suspended the three ministers for their offensive remarks and said they would not hesitate to take action against whoever makes this kind of offensive remarks.
FACT: Indians were the highest among tourists visited till 2023 with a footfall of 209.2k.
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