Malé, Maldives — At a press conference on Tuesday, the Minister of Tourism and Environment Thoriq Ibrahim,  outlined sweeping developments in the country’s tourism economy, renewable‑energy transition, and waste‑management overhaul, presenting a portrait of a small island nation racing to modernize while defending the natural assets that sustain its prosperity. The briefing, delivered as the Maldives marked record visitor numbers for 2025, underscored the government’s dual challenge: expanding an economy in which tourism accounts for 22 percent of national output while protecting the fragile ecosystems that draw visitors in the first place. He spoke without theatrics, but the numbers he … Continue reading Minister Thoriq Charts a Future Between Paradise and Pressure