According to Wikipaedia, “Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, as it plays an important role in earning foreign exchange revenues and generating employment in the tertiary sector of the country. The archipelago of the Maldives is the main source of attraction to many tourists visiting the country worldwide.”

Fishing, too, is an important source of income for the area, as noted in Wikipaedia:  “For many centuries the Maldivian economy was entirely dependent on fishing and other marineproducts. Fishing remains the main occupation of the people and the government gives priority to the fisheries sector.”

Graphical representation of ocean fish products exported from Maldives:

However, a darker side of the Maldives, which directly threatens both their country, and the rest of the world, is shown in this BBC report:

Floating island of waste in Maldives

This is yet one more example that what you THINK you see is not what the reality is…just look closer, and dare to look behind the curtain at the reality of the inner workings of the Machine…the answer’s are waiting…