Vice President of the Maldives, Abdullah Jihaad have said that the government has allocated a resort to develop Islamic tourism and the Income received from the resort will be used to eradicate poverty.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of an Islamic Banking seminar at Bandos, Jihaad said that the resort will be developed through Center for Islamic Finance.
Jihaad said that by looking at the progression of Maldivian financial system it is evident that Maldives is going towards an Islamic system.
Middle eastern tour operators are saying that if Maldives opens an Islamic Resort, it will receive a lot of support from the Arab world.
They need Islamic tourism because they do not want to see naked men and women. Also, muslims want to ensure that alcohol and pork are not served in these resorts. It will be really easy to arrange such things in the Maldives.
Income from the first Islamic resort of Maldives will be used to eliminated poverty : Jihaad
