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The Maldives has said it’s introducing a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts.
The low-lying archipelago has been at the forefront of efforts to mitigate climate change because rising sea levels are forecast to submerge most of its islands by 2100. In March, President Mohammed Nasheed announced plans to make the Maldives the world’s first carbon neutral nation within a decade.
If approved by parliament in the capital, Male, the tax will be $3 (£1.80) per tourist per day. At a rough estimate, the measure will bring in $6.3 million (£3.8 million) a year.
President Nasheed has said he can’t afford to go the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, much as he’d like to. The Maldives would be represented only if someone offered to pay for his trip.
He hoped the Copenhagen summit would come out with positive plans, like renewable energy promotion, rather than stressing what he called negative ones such as capping carbon emissions.
by Andy Moreton
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This is a welcome development for the country. However, it would definitely plug a bigger hole in the tourists’ pockets in this already expensive destination.
Comment by Pranjal — September 15, 2009 @ 1:39 am
The Maldives has said it’s introducing a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts. The Maldives will be the first carbon neutral nation within a decade. Cool
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