{"id":4165,"date":"2018-04-08T06:16:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T10:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:44:19","slug":"maldives-civil-unrest-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/maldives-civil-unrest-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives &#8211; Civil Unrest Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>In short:<\/strong> Civil unrest has calmed and state of emergency lifted on March 22, 2018. No impact at\u00a0Mal\u00e9 International Airport or outlying islands or resorts. #OpsNormal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4169 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41-676x376.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.30.41.png 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Maldives, a country known far more as a honeymoon hotspot in the Indian Ocean than as a hub of political crisis, is back to \u201cbusiness as usual,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpoliticsreview.com\/articles\/24484\/its-political-crisis-may-have-subsided-but-trouble-lingers-in-the-maldives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to its president, Abdulla Yameen<\/a>, following the lifting of a 45-day state of emergency on March 22.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Latest Updates:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>After the Maldivian government declared a state of emergency in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2018\/02\/maldives-unrest-affects-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tourists around the world are canceling their beachfront vacations in droves<\/a>. The blow to the Maldives\u2019 tourism industry is significant, as it accounts for over 30% of the country\u2019s gross domestic product, reaching $3.5 billion in 2017. Ratings agency Moody\u2019s has said it will lower its 4.5% growth forecast for 2018 if tourists avoid the island nation for a prolonged period.<\/li>\n<li>On 22 March 2018, the state of emergency in Maldives was lifted. There could still be further anti-government protests in the capital Mal\u00e9 and a number of other towns. Recent protests have resulted in pepper spray being used by the security forces. You should exercise caution and avoid any protests or rallies. There are no reports that outlying islands, resorts or Mal\u00e9 International Airport have been affected.<\/li>\n<li>Some local airlines have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/portal\/news\/65144-maldivian-cancels-china-ops-amid-political-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspended flights to China<\/a> due to the on-going unrest and decline in tourism numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4170\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58-676x380.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-08-at-23.33.58.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Extra Reading:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/maldives-travel-advisory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of State &#8211; Maldives Travel Advisory<\/a> | <em>&#8220;Level 2: Exercise increased caution&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/foreign-travel-advice\/maldives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office &#8211; Foreign Travel Advice Maldives<\/a> |\u00a0<em>&#8220;Exercise caution&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/smartraveller.gov.au\/Countries\/asia\/south\/Pages\/maldives.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Department of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Maldives<\/a> | <em>&#8220;Exercise normal safety precautions&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have you been through the Maldives lately and can you update opsgroup members on the latest?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: Civil unrest has calmed and state of emergency lifted on March 22, 2018&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":4171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,319],"tags":[1095,1093,1094,1103],"class_list":{"0":"post-4165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"category-news-item","9":"tag-civil-unrest","10":"tag-maldives","11":"tag-male","12":"tag-vrmm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4165"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9737,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions\/9737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}