by Abdulla Yasir - a Tourism Strategist
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Blog Categories: Hospitality and Tourism (20), Study Related (13), Environment (1),  Problems and Solutions (6), Personal (13), Reviews (10), Politics and Economics (16)


Archive of blog posts
Beyrege: The Great 2008 - 09 Meetup ---- 12/21/2008 2:33:01 AM
Please fasten your seat belts as I am headed your way in a week's time. ---- 12/6/2008 7:43:19 PM
The road I drove led to Carole Nash ---- 12/6/2008 6:34:35 PM
This week at Law School I had to work along with 3 other members as judges in deliberating a claim for Judicial review ---- 12/5/2008 10:53:45 AM
Why do you think there is no clear answer to the issue of 50 year lease? ---- 11/30/2008 5:04:31 PM
On the 50 year tourism resort lease proposal. ---- 11/28/2008 6:24:00 PM
Dealing with legal problems: One of many recent exercises. ---- 11/28/2008 4:38:14 PM
Midhfa in Birmingham ---- 11/19/2008 9:24:28 PM
Maldivians in Birmingham ---- 11/15/2008 5:57:46 PM
I am voting for change ---- 10/26/2008 11:56:02 AM
First few days with a brand new Nikon D90 ---- 10/21/2008 6:34:14 PM
An Eighteenth century British Toilet, a Photo by Abdulla Yasir for the World Toilet Day ---- 10/19/2008 11:12:39 AM
Overcoming Dictatorship ---- 10/10/2008 7:33:05 PM
It sickens me too how Gayoom and his gangs have robbed the Maldives ---- 10/7/2008 8:04:29 AM
I support Dr. Hassan in his bid for the next president of the Maldives ---- 10/5/2008 8:23:59 AM
The ever dieting picture stories folder now carry new additions ---- 8/16/2008 8:15:03 AM
Dangerous, backbreaking hand labour is dirty and bizarre. ---- 8/5/2008 3:43:38 AM
Watch out: the Maldives dive-sites are going online soon ---- 8/3/2008 11:44:54 AM
Stock Brokers Maldives goes under the knife only to server better ---- 8/2/2008 10:31:41 AM
Could the Maldives Tourism Development Corporation turn their business model into generating real profits from operations per se? ---- 8/1/2008 3:33:00 AM
The lost culture of the Maldives: Staging the authenticity ---- 7/21/2008 6:52:26 AM
Family reunion: Pictures from last evening ---- 7/18/2008 11:12:27 PM
Ninty per Share ---- 7/18/2008 3:52:18 PM
A new skin on my blog ---- 7/12/2008 3:56:28 PM
A little earlier today ---- 6/25/2008 2:41:53 PM
My first free Friday-holiday in years ---- 6/21/2008 2:00:43 AM
It’s uniquely Male’, It's uniquely Maldives. ---- 6/20/2008 9:53:11 AM
Back in the sinking islands ---- 6/19/2008 12:04:49 PM
For a very good friend you have been to me, I wish you the very best in life and a very happy birthday ---- 5/20/2008 7:25:04 PM
Welcome to the world of dead, dying and doomed tenants ---- 5/20/2008 5:46:08 PM
If we as a country are just coming out of a cocoon with less than three hundred thousand people punctuated in 200 tiny islets and think that we have what it takes to consider a protectionist approach I wish the decision makers and the affected brotherhood good luck. Part 2 of 2 ---- 5/18/2008 4:02:38 PM
If we as a country are just coming out of a cocoon with less than three hundred thousand people punctuated in 200 tiny islets and think that we have what it takes to consider a protectionist approach I wish the decision makers and the affected brotherhood good luck. Part 1 of 2 ---- 5/18/2008 10:48:23 AM
The idea of standardising the residential letting agreement is on card for the Maldives. It is hoped that this vehicle will diffuse powers held by stakeholders, but will it really work? ---- 5/10/2008 5:51:45 PM
What is Poverty? ---- 4/27/2008 7:51:14 PM
Chunky tuna Cake Recipe ---- 4/6/2008 8:47:02 AM
Using young school children for dances to boost the president’s ego is a pure mockery on parents and the public alike and it must STOP ---- 4/5/2008 8:15:20 PM
Low cost high impact or low impact high cost, you sort that out. I will sort out my thought ---- 4/3/2008 7:20:23 PM
Attached some news bites after a very long time ---- 3/30/2008 7:38:58 PM
Fire is the single biggest life-threatening risk in high-rise residential buildings ---- 3/30/2008 7:24:51 PM
A movie clip of Titan Robot ---- 2/15/2008 2:47:26 PM
An encounter with a Robot ---- 2/13/2008 5:57:01 PM
Doesn't matter what situation I may be in, nothing stops me from reading a well articulated text. ---- 1/17/2008 9:52:55 PM
Principles of life ---- 1/7/2008 4:50:14 PM
Arab seafarers landed in the Maldives for water, dried fish, coconuts, and temporary wives ---- 1/3/2008 1:20:34 AM
My best read for the day is on a yet-to-be-a-blog ---- 12/29/2007 6:58:18 PM
Guess what? This is not an official Ad of NEXT SALE ---- 12/28/2007 9:12:07 PM
A brief visit to Guildford, Surrey ---- 12/27/2007 5:15:14 PM
Let us resolve our animosities and come together with ambition and compassion ---- 12/20/2007 6:25:22 AM
The significance of the tourism industry to the Maldives was realised by President Gayoom ---- 12/19/2007 5:56:54 PM
"Generations of 'easy life' have cultured Maldivians in a way that is very different to the life in the 'fast lane' that most of the developed countries are faced with today" ---- 12/13/2007 9:47:39 AM
Drugs/substances USAGE is what is of a matter ---- 12/7/2007 7:23:19 PM
When soft toys are generally odourless the BEE toys sold at McDonalds were otherwise scented ---- 12/2/2007 11:52:51 AM
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TOURISM RESORT EMPLOYMENT ON FATHERHOOD (FATHERLESSNESS) IN THE MALDIVES ---- 11/21/2007 6:09:47 PM
Let's face it; parents are responsible for the upbringing of children. ---- 11/11/2007 9:00:10 PM
Which industry transports millions of people halfway around the globe and deposits them in third world countries? ---- 11/9/2007 6:23:33 PM
Solutions are only plausible if problems can be identified. ---- 11/4/2007 5:40:57 PM
It’s an amazing realization that today we are only limited by our own imagination. ---- 11/4/2007 2:07:10 PM
Failed or successful delivery of a reform agenda is not a determinant of successful leadership. ---- 10/26/2007 9:10:20 AM
My brief dinner meeting with Mr. Jameel, Dr. Hassan Saeed and Dr. Shaheed ---- 10/24/2007 9:42:30 AM
Tourist destinations are subjected to many different types of crisis. Knowing what type of crisis is one and measuring the damaging effects of a crisis is another. ---- 10/18/2007 6:26:05 PM
In tourism, systems have failed generally in all aspects. Isn’t it time that the Maldives did sometime about it? ---- 10/17/2007 5:53:24 PM
May the spirit of goodwill that has prevailed through the holy month of Ramadan continue throughout our life and redeem us of our shortfalls. ---- 10/11/2007 4:10:08 PM
Thank you Mr. Adam Hassan the Acting High Commissioner for the wonderful Ifthar arrangement and Mr. Mohamed Muizzu the Chairman of Maldives Students Association UK for the continuous support that you extend to us as students. ---- 10/8/2007 4:10:26 PM
Deportation is simple for decision makers; yet, a nation that chooses to relay on expatriates must confirm to good ethics and integrity. ---- 9/26/2007 5:34:05 AM
Could our wallets unauthenticate us and fellow pedestrians' umbrellas cut us? ---- 9/25/2007 1:06:05 PM
The Maldives is ommited from Global Corruption Report and WTOs National Tourist Safety and Security Sheets; why, why, why? ---- 9/22/2007 4:05:24 AM
I always archived newspaper cuts and such in areas of my study and interest; I never thought anyone would be keen in viewing them ---- 9/13/2007 11:38:48 PM
Schools can only do so much in isolation; parents have to be responsible for instilling right and wrong too. ---- 9/8/2007 6:57:04 PM
When the government in itself is misusing overseas workers, will it ever be able to lay rigorous regulations/policies for the country? This does disgrace us. ---- 9/8/2007 9:57:18 AM
I never weighed what US or UK had become as a result of a system of government. ---- 8/27/2007 5:04:36 AM
Substances are a serious business in our little country; what is so very unique in the Maldives though is that, without a reference to a particular group, substance is used for political maneuvers. ---- 8/23/2007 11:09:26 PM
After 29 years as the President, what is he seeking as new? ---- 8/23/2007 10:06:46 PM
The famous graphic designer Ahmed Zahid brings about a brand new concept for my blog ---- 8/13/2007 2:29:03 AM
Burping cows 'harming environment'; what do we do? ---- 8/2/2007 10:43:17 PM
The unexpected consequence left me and my family only 4 pounds for food ---- 8/2/2007 8:40:51 PM
Tension and youth disaffection are lowering society’s status and pushing the brittle Maldives into dangerous territory. ---- 7/29/2007 12:07:12 PM
Could the Maldives collapse like the Soviet Union did during the transition? ---- 7/26/2007 7:17:26 AM
Politics is not exclusive to businesses but is everyone’s business. ---- 7/22/2007 9:52:27 PM
Video report ‘Trouble in the paradise' unloaded: Part 5 of 5 - CBC fails to provide any rationality of irrationality. ---- 7/14/2007 9:47:59 AM
Video report ‘Trouble in the paradise' reloaded: Part 4 of 5 - Going Green. ---- 7/3/2007 1:57:13 AM
Video report ‘Trouble in the paradise' reloaded: Part 3 of 5 - Climate Change and Corruption. ---- 6/28/2007 12:30:00 AM
Video report ‘Trouble in the paradise' reloaded: Part 2 of 5 - Climate Change and its correlation to Environmental Impacts and Sustainability. ---- 6/23/2007 11:26:02 PM
Video report ‘Trouble in the paradise' reloaded: Part 1 of 5 - Climate Change and its correlation to the Maldives ---- 6/20/2007 11:31:59 PM
The video report ‘Trouble in the paradise’ is an utter mess. ---- 6/19/2007 12:55:30 AM
How do we know if our Maldives is provisioned to be gone with the water? ---- 5/29/2007 10:08:57 PM
Future challenges faced by tourism developers in the Maldives ---- 5/22/2007 9:34:07 PM
Should national natural environments be commoditised for the sake of tourism? ---- 5/16/2007 8:33:47 PM
If you want to change your child; you should change first! ---- 5/16/2007 1:11:13 PM
Maldives faces macrostate emulation syndrome! ---- 5/3/2007 5:05:10 PM
Exogenous decision making or is it not? ---- 4/27/2007 6:41:00 PM
Is the US dollar still relevant? ---- 4/24/2007 5:35:34 PM
Emirates-lack-heart in delivering services or does it not? ---- 4/18/2007 7:57:09 AM
Is it democratic reform or developmental reform that we seek? ---- 4/17/2007 8:55:52 AM
Maldivian Students Association's Extra General Meeting in Manchester was amazing ---- 4/15/2007 7:54:06 PM
What inhibits Greece's progress? ---- 4/15/2007 6:56:30 PM
Wonderful Greece ---- 3/25/2007 5:01:39 PM
It is Greece now ---- 3/24/2007 5:45:52 PM
Topshop billionaire's £20m 'garden party' ---- 3/17/2007 9:51:46 PM
Poros Live Project on tourism destination development and promotion ---- 3/13/2007 5:19:45 PM
Virgin - Entering the Indian Skies ---- 3/7/2007 8:43:03 PM
Journey of a thousand mile or is it really? ---- 3/5/2007 7:37:29 PM
Is the compulsory competitive tendering process sexed up? ---- 3/5/2007 6:45:01 PM
Regulation, deregulation and re-regulation ---- 3/4/2007 12:55:08 PM
saddened by the superficial ideas presented on http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/ ---- 3/1/2007 4:48:26 PM