Maldives Tourism: Understanding the Leiper’s Whole Tourism System Model

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Maldives Tourism
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Maldives Tourism
Introduction
Tourism is one of the lucrative businesses worldwide and there is need to analyze the
different aspects of tourism development for better growth. This essay will focus on Maldives as
the tourist destination region under assessment in relation to the Leiper’s Whole Tourism
System. The theories that will be used in the essay will be butler’s theory while the models that
will be used will be the Whole Tourism System Model. The essay will argue that the Leiper’s
Whole Tourism System model is applicable in understanding the practical aspects of tourism
development, operations and management at Maldives.
Overview of tourism development in Maldives
Tourism in Maldives has been in the global scene since 1970s and the first traveler resort
was set up in 1972. Before then, the Maldives was practically obscure to the tourism industry. By
the late 197Os, worldwide tourism had turned into an imperative source of funds for the
Maldives region. The air travel expansion greatly helped in the expansion of tourism in
Maldives. For effective advancement of the business, the government of the Republic of
Maldives set up the Department of Tourism which is in charge of supervision, coordination and
maintaining tourism standards in the region. Various small, uninhabited island were chosen and
rented to resort financial investors to construct resorts. This was known as the resort islands
tourist development policy (Carlsen 2006).
As a result of this policy, the Maldives could lessen the social expense of tourism. For
instance, prostitution, both male and female, was seen identified with tourism resorts. Moreover,
it is guaranteed that the demonstration impacts of the consumption designs of tourists create new

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tastes and improves the local interest for outside buyer items which is not promptly
quantifiable, but a deplete on the remote trade of a developing nation. In any case, it could be
contended that this impact is insignificant on account of the Maldives as 70% of the populace
lives outside Male atoll. In any case, it is possible that there will have been some exhibit impacts
penetrating to Male. Absence of adequate information counteracts estimation of import spillages
because of these demonstration impacts. Moreover, without this detachment, culture stun could
have been normal from presenting travelers with various thoughts, propensities, and
requirements. Social stun can prompt the crumbling of the social texture in a nation, a
breakdown of lawfulness, and conceivable political and monetary fiasco. The strategy of
confinement of remote visitors in the Maldives has decreased the danger of such a chain of
event.
Factors that make Maldives attractive to visitors
According to Backer and Hing (2016), tourists visit different locations to search for
interactions with features of a place, the place characteristics and have leisure experiences. In
Maldives, tourists are attracted by the warm and tropical climate of the region. The region has
both low daytime and evening temperatures which results to cool evenings and warm daytimes.
The sea breezes from the sea further contribute to a relaxing weather sought by most tourists.
People also visit Maldives because of the sun since it provides a wide daylight area. Privacy is
also another factor that most tourists consider in making the decision to visit a region (Tasur, Lin
&Liu 2013). The many allots makes the Maldives an enticing spot to visit since the visitors enjoy
a beautiful view of the entire place and can enjoy privacy in the private allots , feel and hear
undisturbed nature, alone and without anyone else. The different fish species and other water
creatures (more than 1000 species) are an extraordinary fascination and take into account the