{"id":6155,"date":"2020-02-05T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2020-02-05T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:44:07","slug":"addu-tourism-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/addu-tourism-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Addu Tourism zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims\/mains: G.S paper II: Polity: International<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu_atoll_76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6157\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu_atoll_76.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu_atoll_76.jpg 496w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu_atoll_76-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu_atoll_76-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why In news?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India and Maldives today signed five MoUs for establishing the Addu Tourism zone in five islands of Addu atoll at a cost of 2.49 million dollars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu.jpg 216w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-139x150.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Key highlights:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Addu Atoll, also known as Seenu Atoll, is the southernmost atoll of the Maldives.<\/li>\n<li>A 6th MoU to set up a bottled water plant in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Hoarafushi<\/strong><\/span> was also signed.<\/li>\n<li>All six projects are grant projects falling under India\u2019s High Impact Community Development Scheme (HICDP).<\/li>\n<li>These projects are driven by the needs of communities on the islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Addu Atoll,<\/strong><\/span> together with Fuvahmulah, located 40 km north of Addu Atoll, extend the Maldives into the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Southern Hemisphere.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addu Atoll is located 540 km <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>south of Mal\u00e9,<\/strong> <\/span>the country&#8217;s capital. Administratively, Addu Atoll is the location of Addu City, one of the two cities of the Maldives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addu City<\/strong> consists of the inhabited areas of Addu Atoll, namely the natural islands of Hulhudhoo, Meedhoo, Maradhoo, Feydhoo, and Hithadhoo. (The districts of Addu City are not according to the natural islands that it comprises).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the areas that are included as a part of Addu City, Addu Atoll has a number of other inhabited and uninhabited islands, including the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>island of Gan,<\/strong><\/span> where Gan International Airport is located.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6158\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Addu-Various-4.jpg 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims\/mains: G.S paper II: Polity: International Why In news? 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