Indian hodophiles help Maldives recover from pandemic blues
The Hindu
The island nation’s travel receipts rose by 104.5%, thanks to a ‘strong rebound’ in tourist arrivals from India and Russia
Call it the triumph of soft power or Stimulus Maitri, one South Asian country is silently thankful to Indians’ indefatigable wanderlust which has lifted its recovery prospects from the pandemic’s disastrous aftermath, even as the Chinese have gone virtually missing in action.
After COVID-19 in 2020, the country’s growth prospects for this calendar year have seen the biggest upgrades from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) — at least five percentage points — thanks to Indian hodophiles.
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