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The Maldives is renowned as a premier destination for tranquility, naturally breathtaking underwater realms, picture-perfect vacations. However, being the country made up of  99.9% water, the Maldives is an exceptional destination for water sports already offering scuba diving, surfing & sailing in travel and leisure industry.

What is less promoted in the country is Sports fishing. And now with the Atolls, Indian Ocean surrounding the country teeming up with excellent game fish including Marlin, Wahoo, Tuna and Sailfish; The  Maldives Game Fishing Association(MGFA) will be hosting the Maldives Game Fishing Challenge very first time in the Maldives happening from 9 to 12 November 2011. This event is in association with Dhiraagu.

This is a challenge not to be missed if you are a keen fishermen of the world. With sun drenched days at sea testing your angling skills, making yourself a holiday to wind down after the competition with your family or friends, relax in one of the Maldives resorts, Guest Houses of the Maldives or stay on liveaboards of the Maldives are popular ways to stay in Maldives if you are participating this special event. A magnificent tropical holiday combined with excellent game fishing adventure that will long be remembered.

Entries are now open for teams and individuals. Register now to take part in this exciting new international event!

via www.mgfa.org.mv

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is the proud winner of five different awards in the past two weeks; collecting two from the prestigious annual World Travel Awards, one from VIP Traveller magazine and two more from the online travel magazine smarttravelasiadotcom.

“At Conrad Maldives we always strive to be the best in everything we do and we take great pride in setting the standards that others can only follow,” said General Manager Carsten Schieck.  “We receive these awards with great pleasure and would like to thank everyone who voted for us.  We see this as acknowledgement by our guests that we are achieving our goals and take this as inspiration to do even better in the future”.

The awards won by Conrad Maldives Rangali Island were: “Maldives’ Leading Spa Resort” and “Maldives’ Leading Water Villas” at the prestigious World Travel Awards.  The resort’s outstanding villas were awarded “The Best Suite in the World” by VIP Traveller Magazine Germany, while frequent travellers at smarttravelasiadotcom voted the luxury resort as the “Best Spa Hotel & Resort in Asia” and also gave it fifth place in the “Best Leisure Hotels & Resorts in Asia” category.

Read more about Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.

via  www.visitmaldives.com

 

The coastline of Laamu Atoll Gan is to be developed to open the island for mid-market tourism, the Maldives Cabinet of Ministers decided on Tuesday.

A press release by the President’s Office said that the project comes under the Tourism Development Plan of South Central Province presented by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, to start community integrated tourism in the atoll.

Further details on this project are to be revealed by the tourism ministry on a later date.

Laamu Atoll Gan is the longest island in the Maldivian archipelago; 7.8 km long and 3.4 km wide, on a north-east to south-west orientation. The island’s population is under 3,000, and hosts several archaeological sites and unique attractions for culture and history seeking travellers or those looking for uncrowded surf spots, undiscovered dive sites and the region is great for GT fishing. There is lot of potential in this area for a mid – market tourism.