Maldives-Jade shaken by God-Heaven touched.

In the blue sea of the Indian Ocean, there is a string of green islands-Maldives. Many tourists think that Maldives is the last paradise on earth after enjoying its blue, white and green colors. Some people describe Maldives as a string of pearls shaken off by God, while others describe it as a broken jade. Both descriptions are very appropriate. The islands on the white sand beach are like pearls, and the sea next to the pearls is like beautiful pieces of jade.

Westerners like to call Maldives a "lost paradise", but the word Maldives means "island kingdom" in the local Divisian (Dubesi). Maldives comes from the Indian word MALODHEEP, which means garland. It describes the islands scattered on the sea like a bunch of garlands.

As the plane gets closer to the island, the festive atmosphere gradually dissipates. Overlooking the Indian Ocean from the air, the dotted islands are shining, and the unique tropical sea breeze of the plane penetrates into the air, smelling leisurely and comfortable. Guests who are really interested in visiting Maldives will not miss the opportunity to have a bird's eye view of her from the air. Have you ever seen a kind of scenery? The center of the island is green, surrounded by shiny white. The sea near the island is shallow and transparent blue, the farther one is dark blue, and the farther one is bluer. In Maldives, the sea water has layers of colors, which makes people feel a little … overwhelmed.

Perhaps, you have had such a fantasy: walking in the shadow of the sun-drenched coconut grove, reading novels on the beach as white as fine powder, waiting for the rainbow in front of the windward pier at sea, and meeting colorful tropical fish beside the coral reef. All the ideas, the Maldives will restore it to reality.

Hometown of tropical fish

99% crystal clear seawater+1% pure white beach = 100% Maldives, KW Don't be surprised, the Maldives surrounded by 99% seawater has thousands of kinds of fish, which is the hometown of fish.

Yidaoyi restaurant

The tourism landscape of the whole Maldives lies in the leisure atmosphere of a holiday island and a restaurant. Because each island is developed by an independent hotel operator, one island and one hotel has become a unique tourism culture in Maldives. Most of them have beach bungalows and water bungalows. The so-called seaside bungalow is to open the door to face the beach. As long as you are interested, you can chase or feed colorful tropical fish in clear water at any time along hundreds of meters of knee-high water, and the water bungalow is a cabin built directly on the sea. There are stairs beside the house. You can walk down from the hut at any time, sit in the sea, let the waves impact, look at white clouds, blue sky or starry sky, and feel the tranquility of returning to nature. Understanding the self is also an inseparable part of the universe. Being in a clean and flawless world makes people want to get rid of the shackles of clothes and be completely integrated with them. However, when they move, they might as well walk into the independent "open-air" bathroom in the bungalow and face nature calmly. It's a pity that naked swimming is illegal in Maldives, but people can often be seen sneaking around. ...

Tourism in Maldives-History and Humanities

The public population of Maldives is about 280,000, and the origin of Maldivian aborigines can no longer be verified. However, from the study of historical relics, it is known that people lived on the island 3000 years ago. The early immigrants were navigators sailing between East Africa and Asia along the Maritime Silk Road and immigrants from the northwest basin of India. Today, there are only 200 islands in 1 190.

Since ancient times, Maldives has been a transit point for navigators to travel between East and West. For thousands of years, Aryans, Phoenicians, Egyptians, China, Greeks and Romans have all been here, and the existence of "Thousand Island Countries" has also been mentioned in the nautical diaries of these ancient civilizations. The Maldivian people perfectly combine the beautiful looks of Arabs, Africans and Asians, and they live a simple, leisurely and contented life. Maldives is a very friendly country, ready to help others and make guests feel at home.

Maldives is a blend of rich and diverse cultures brought by maritime immigrants from all over the world in ancient times. Local traditional music and dance are deeply influenced by East African culture, such as drumming and music. In addition, influenced by South Asian culture, the local food culture is particularly prominent; Women in Maldives are different from isolationism generally adopted by countries in the South Asian subcontinent, but are active in major social activities. It can be seen in the government, army, police station and other organs in the capital Male. On other indigenous islands, men wander around the sea all the year round fishing for a living, while women play the role of caring for the young and the old. After all, in archipelagic countries, the ocean is the resource that aborigines depend on for survival all the year round, so marine people will naturally present the customs of this independent nation with marine culture.

From the perspective of tourism culture, Maldives seems to be blessed again. The fragmented islands have their own characteristics, and each island has developed its own resort hotel style. The tourism landscape of the whole Maldives lies in the leisure atmosphere operated by a resort island hotel. White and glittering beaches, coconut shadows swaying in the water and tropical fish are "animated" landscapes that appear from time to time in Maldives. They are colorful and approachable. As soon as the dolls standing on the shore touched the water, they didn't expect a group of beautiful tourists to swim over. Besides adding flavor, fish is the most abundant in Maldives. For local residents, fishing is a traditional and eternal way of making a living. They are happy in know life, born and raised in the water vein, and have long regarded fish as a living spring to extend life and as a treasure given by Allah.

Maldives coral reef island

Maldives is a unique coral atoll group, which consists of large and small coral atolls. Coral reef island is a kind of limestone (chemically called calcium carbonate) deposit distributed in shallow water depth of the ocean, which is formed by the growth of many plants and animals that can secrete limestone in the ocean. This kind of animals and plants are often called "reef-building creatures".

Blue, blue-green and red algae in the modern ocean play an important role in the formation of coral reefs, but corals play a leading role. Coral is a coelenterate in the ocean (no internal organs, only a cavity in the body), which can prey on tiny plankton in the ocean. In the process of growth, it can absorb calcium and carbon dioxide in seawater, and then secrete limestone to become its own shell. Every coral is only the size of a grain of rice. They live in groups, metabolize, grow and reproduce from generation to generation, and at the same time secrete limestone and stick together. These limestones have been compacted and fossilized, forming many islands and reefs in the tropical ocean in the world today. Even the entire territory of some island countries in the ocean is built by small corals (including some algae plants that can secrete limestone) through thousands of years of efforts. So people call corals great architects in the ocean.

There are three kinds of coral reefs in the modern ocean: reefs, barrier reefs and atolls. Maldives belongs to atoll type. It does not grow in the ocean around or near the land, and generally forms a coral reef system in the ocean. A well-developed atoll consists of a surrounding reef ring, a diving lagoon in the middle and several coral islands in the lagoon. A ring-shaped reef group with diameters ranging from several kilometers to dozens of kilometers. If you look down from a high-altitude plane, it is like a garland thrown on the blue sea, and a string of white jade pearl necklaces scattered on the sea, colorful. At high tide, the rocks were submerged. Through the clear water, people can see the outline of coral reefs hidden underwater. Because the reef grows in shallow water, the waves will produce broken waves here and form a silver-white ring from high altitude.

Maldivian customs-fishing village life

At five o'clock in the morning, fishing village life wakes up in morning prayers. After praying, the fisherman began a busy day. Before sunrise, he slowly rowed the dhoni boat into a quiet and clear atoll, collected and caught bait from the coral reef near the island today.

The women in the village prepare breakfast, clean the courtyard and urge the children to go to school. The only primary school in the village is located in the center of the island. Students of different grades are arranged in the same classroom with their backs to the class. Young teachers walk around the classroom, changing textbooks of different grades. Some naive children wear white school uniforms, which is in sharp contrast with their dark and thin cheeks. Some girls with red bouguer square towels around their heads, deep outlines and round eyes are lying on their desks, carefully drawing lifelike tropical marine fish. The school began to adopt bilingual teaching from the lower grades. In class, you have to learn Maldivian characters, the font is like swimming sea fish, and you have to accept ABC teaching of elementary English.

There are weavers in the village, picking coconut leaves to weave daily necessities or handicrafts. When tourists from nearby island hotels visit the island, they sell dhoni boat models or aprons from printing and dyeing salons along the street, or become vendors who climb coconut trees to pick coconuts. At this time, the voice of "a dollar, a dollar" is endless.

At sunset, the fishing boat will go home. If the catch exceeds 1000, a flying flag will be hung on the bow and then go home. At half past five in the evening, the fisherman's boat returned to Hong Kong, full of a batch of mackerel caught. The young fisherman steered the boat with one foot and controlled the Donnie boat to enter the harbor. The old captain stood with his hands on the crescent bow, and his face was covered with deep wrinkles eroded by sea breeze for a long time. What's he thinking? Maybe I hope to sell it at a good price, or maybe I thank Allah for giving this rich sea area and continuously providing the freshest delicious food in the sea! Half of the catch belongs to the owner and the other half is shared equally by fishermen. After washing, cutting and evenly distributing the big tail fish on the beach, take it home for dinner cooking.

In the evening, fishermen gather in the yard of the captain's house, or sit or lie on the Jolis (recliner with rope plaid) and chat all over the world. The woman prepared dinner, took advantage of a moment's leisure, and asked after her neighbor's mother-in-law happily! Psst! I smoke Gudugudaa (hookah) Children play football or games after school, or jump into the sea to swim and play. Some families gather in their homes with satellite TV to watch TV programs, or have nothing to do to walk around the village.

Maldives means of transport-Doni boat

Although the Maldives is geographically isolated from the mainland, its transportation is very convenient. Asia, Europe, the Middle East and southern Africa have all opened regular flights to Maldives.

Male International Airport is located on Male Airport Island, which is a little over one kilometer long. This island is specially designed for the airport, and there are only ten kinds of boats to the capital. When tourists arrive at this international airport by plane, they can immediately feel comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. You can see the pier within 5 minutes' walk from the airport. Large and small transport boats dedicated to hotels on various islands have been ringing engines at the docks to entertain guests for a long time. The nearest island takes only 20 minutes by boat, and the distant island even takes 4 hours by boat. Transportation between local islands includes dhoni, speedboat, helicopter or seaplane. Passenger transportation will be arranged and provided by the local reception party, but an appointment must be made in advance. The traditional Dhonis in Maldives has been a means of transportation between local islands since ancient times, and it is also a fishing boat for indigenous people to make a living.

Hull, sails, nails, cables and sails are all made of coconut trees. Our ancestors lived with the ocean for two thousand years, which gave birth to excellent shipbuilding technology.

Doni boat is actually an ancient name for sailing boat. The modern version of Dhonis has been converted into a boat with Yamaha engine for commercial use. However, some fishermen in Maldives still don't forget to use sail fishing boats to cruise fishing on the calm sea of atolls, thus forming a picture of Rao Fu's ocean customs.

RAA Atoll is a famous shipbuilding base. The shipbuilding technology of skilled craftsmen has undergone historical inheritance and evolution. Its elegant appearance and solid structure have not changed much for centuries. The shell is made of dried coconut trees, and traditional fish oil is the best preservative to wrap the shell. The most unique feature of the Doni ship is that the captain controls the forward, turn and reverse array with one foot. The captain must have rich navigation experience and unique sense of direction in order to cruise around the atolls all over the coral reefs day and night. Downey's speed is about 7-8 nautical miles per hour. Generally, the hull is about 2 1 yard long and 6-7 yards wide. The sturdy structure is suitable for sailing in bumpy waves.

Today, Doni Ship, as a feeder barge, has become an important corner of hotels on the island. In addition, it can provide entertainment, boating and fishing, island tour and boating and diving for tourists. The former fishing boatman has been transformed into the foreman of the hotel.

Dhonis's crescent bow and unique stern rudder are representative works of Maldivian craftsmen. Taking a Dhonis boat is an unforgettable experience, especially when cruising on the atoll at night, the stars in the sky can make you hug.

Maldives-a country that is about to disappear

The beautiful islands and rich ecological environment of Maldives have attracted the attention of the world. Maldives has the largest number of coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean and is one of the richest sea areas in the world. Over the past 30 years, these islands have been gradually affirmed in the world tourism market; At the same time, in order to gain the global recognition of 3S (sunshine, beach, beach, sea and ocean), Maldives has also made a lot of efforts and guarantees for the change of the global environment.

Maldives is the seventh largest reef in the world, accounting for 5% of the world's reefs. Ring coral reefs have different reef structures. Since the end of 19, the earth's surface temperature has increased by 0.3-0.6C, and it is still rising. Scientists are still unable to determine the sea level rise, but predict that the sea level will rise from 0.09 meters to 0.88 meters in 2 100. However, 80% of the land in Maldives is one meter below sea level, and a slight rise in sea level is a serious threat. Many islands suffer from seawater flooding and coastal erosion. Sea level rise threatens the survival of Maldives, an endangered country.

Today, Maldives has to face the forces of globalization and the economic impact caused by its graduation from a moderately developed country, which hinders its efforts to achieve sustainable development. Maldives does not have enough time or resources to cope with economic setbacks before globalization and economic upgrading. Reducing the national budget will inevitably affect the resources planned for environmental protection and social development.

go to all lengths

In the face of changes and shocks, Maldives will try its best to enhance its flexibility and adaptability. In view of the threat of climate change, pay special attention to coastal protection, fresh water management and coral reef protection; It costs about 62 million dollars to build breakwaters and seawalls around the capital Male. Coral mining is prohibited in inhabited islands and entertainment areas. The government has designated 25 places as protected areas, explicitly prohibiting the cultivation and export of turtles, red corals, dolphins, oysters, hard corals, parrot fish, whales, sharks and various shells.

They need your help!

Let's take action to save the last paradise on earth! Contact governments around the world and call on * * * to promise to save the world climate, reduce the disappearance of biological species and increase trade. This needs your participation! Pass the voice to your government and realize it. Although it is trivial to reduce energy consumption, lower refrigerator temperature and use less washing machine or heating, it is very effective. The people of Maldives will highly appreciate your efforts to keep the cold and warm air in your home, because their homes will not be flooded by the sea. Whenever you walk, ride a bike or take a bus, you are saving their island and other small islands! When you buy energy-saving appliances or water-saving devices, you not only reduce your personal expenses, but also save them the cost of saving the sea area. Thank you and your family, neighbors and friends for starting to use renewable energy, install solar energy and buy green energy products in your country. We believe that the next step is to ensure that the two million people without electricity in the world can get clean energy. Many major energy investments have been implemented in developing countries. As a global citizen, we must ensure that these investments are beneficial and safe. You can also join or support the clean machinery development movement in Kyoto Convention, and call on your friends or members of your constituency to ensure that clean energy can be invested in developing countries.

Traveling in Maldives can help you not to buy jewelry or animal and plant products made of turtle shells to protect the local ecology. When floating or diving, please enjoy the beautiful corals as much as possible, don't destroy marine life, wear T-shirts or environmental epaulettes to protect the environment and ecology, or help and join our environmental protection actions.