• @Linkerbaan
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    557 months ago

    Nearly 11,000 Israelis visited Maldives last year, which was 0.6% of the total tourist arrivals.

    Very nice. It’s not just a symbolic boycot

    • Mike D.
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      287 months ago

      A symbolic boycott is important. They still picked a side in this mess.

      • DMBFFF
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        -67 months ago

        “Go back to Israel, draft-dodger. Murder more Gazans. Allāh be praised.”

      • @Linkerbaan
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        07 months ago

        As the Maldives is a tourist resort 0.6% of the most major income is pretty big

        https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/maldives

        You should plan to spend around** $299 (MVR4,623) per day on your vacation in the Maldives.** This is the average daily price based on the expenses of other visitors

        Even assuming that every tourist stays one single day that would be 3.3 million dollars. And I’d wager most tourists stay longer than that

          • @Linkerbaan
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            -17 months ago

            An entire economy is made up of many parts. 0.3% doesn’t sound like much but with big numbers it adds up.

            A sacrifice of 20 million dollars is more than just symbolism.

              • @Linkerbaan
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                07 months ago

                Let’s pretend the Maldives is America. Would you say that America losing 0.3% of its entire GDP over a boycott is "symbolic?