This atoll, also known as Kaafu Atoll, is where you'll find the international airport, the capital city, plenty of popular dive sites, several "guesthouse islands" and more than a dozen resorts. A lot ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Malé – the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. The Republic of Maldives consist of a chain of around 1200 small coral islands ...

In the heart of the Indian Ocean, a 2.1-kilometer (1.3-mile) bridge snakes out of an idyllic atoll, linking the Maldives’ capital Malé with its international airport. The China-Maldives Friendship ...

Global tourism brought a modern economy to the country’s thousand islands. For many Maldivians, the teeming capital beckons. Global tourism brought a modern economy to the country’s thousand islands.

“Sun, sand and sea.” Those are the three ingredients for tourism in the Maldives, Mohamed Shaiz’s father told him. For more than a decade, Shaiz’s family owned a successful local hotel in Addu, the ...