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When imagining paradise, the Maldives’ pristine beauty often comes to mind. Powdery white sand reflects sunlight so brilliantly it feels like it's searing your pupils. The inviting turquoise water is ...

Is the Maldives worth the hype or just an over-filtered paradise on Instagram? In this video, we take a deep dive into what ...

The Maldives becomes the first country to impose a generational smoking ban, prohibiting anyone born after January 1, 2007, ...

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The Maldives is often presented as a perfect image of turquoise water and overwater villas, but what most travelers experience today is the product of only five decades of development. Until the 1970s ...

The US State Department issued a revised travel advisory pertaining to the Republic of the Maldives Oct. 7. “Exercise increased caution in [the Maldives] due to terrorism,” the Level 2 travel warning ...