Foreign holidaymakers in the Maldives, one of the worlds most popular luxury honeymoon destination, were not happy earlier this year when their hotel bookings were cancelled at short notice. The reason was that Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, had booked out three whole islands for nearly a month. It is just one example of the growing role of Saudi investment in the archipelago, a factor which may make the Maldives government unwilling to ruffle the feathers of Saudi Arabias rulers. bbc/news/business-26668107?OCID=fbbbcindia
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:00:00 +0000