The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort sets the benchmark high for private island resorts in the Indian Ocean, finds Shikha Pushpan.
AS OUR AIRBUS A321 TOUCHED DOWN at the Velana International Airport in Malé, one of the first sights to welcome me was that of a coy Maldivian woman, head carefully covered in hijab, strutting down the runway with a striking self-assurance. The young airport staff member was among the many Maldivian youths who are trying to carve a new identity for themselves in a country facing a deep political crisis. The simmering unrest in the capital, however, belies the opulent life at the many glamorous resorts of the archipelago.
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