• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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      5 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

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        5 months ago

        So, admittedly, $3.3 Million is low-balling it, and that the real figure is probably something like $20 Million, assuming that each tourist stays ~1 week and spends $299/day as you have quoted.

        But these numbers don’t mean anything in a vacuum. More context is needed to understand the actual impact of this decision.

        The Maldives have a GDP of $6.55 Billion. Assuming that this costs them $20 Million in tourism revenue, that’s only a 0.3% drop in GDP. The annual fluctuation in GDP is ±9%. The impact of banning Israeli tourists is less than a rounding error on the Economy of the Maldives.

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          5 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.

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            5 months ago

            The problem here is that $20 million isn’t a “big number” compared to $6.55 Billion.

            Believe whatever you want, I can’t stop you, but you are objectively wrong.

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              5 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?