MATI denounces FoM's Maldives Tourism Boycott campaign

The Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI), representing and in consultation with the tourism industry in the Maldives, has denounces the call for a boycott of Maldivian tourist resorts by a group calling itself Friends of Maldives.

In a statement it said, MATI fails to understand how this group calls itself friends of Maldives when it actively encourages the destruction of the country's economy.

"MATI also fails to comprehend how those who call themselves friends of Maldives engage in disrupting the livelihood of thousands of Maldivians who work on the country?s tourist resorts." MATI stated.