Anxious travellers have cancelled their Maldives holiday plans following the dramatic resignation of Mohamed Nasheed, President, Mauritius, in the wake of opposition-led street protests, according to an AFP report. Nasheed stepped down after a police mutiny saw a large number of officers join forces with the protesters who had been demanding the president's resignation during three weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
"We had four to five honeymoon couples who made bookings for Maldives and were due to travel in the coming week to be there around Valentine's Day," said Konica Kapoor, an Executive of Flexi Tours travel agency in New Delhi. "But they called to cancel their trips to the Maldives, a chain of nearly 1200 coral islands that lie just off the coast of the Indian subcontinent.” The cancellations came as Britain's government issued a warning against "all but essential travel to Male," citing an "uncertain" situation in the island capital.
Click here to see the original article>"We had four to five honeymoon couples who made bookings for Maldives and were due to travel in the coming week to be there around Valentine's Day," said Konica Kapoor, an Executive of Flexi Tours travel agency in New Delhi. "But they called to cancel their trips to the Maldives, a chain of nearly 1200 coral islands that lie just off the coast of the Indian subcontinent.” The cancellations came as Britain's government issued a warning against "all but essential travel to Male," citing an "uncertain" situation in the island capital.