After a splash landing, a posse of islanders greets me on the pontoon. They also are barefoot. Before I have checked in, a staff member politely asks me to remove my sneakers and leave them lying in ...

Looking for a way to social distance in luxury? You can now buy out an entire private island in the Maldives for a cool $35,000 per night. Naladhu Private Island Maldives is a luxurious hideaway in ...

The Maldives isn’t just a destination, it’s a meditation in blue. A constellation of coral atolls scattered across the Indian ...

It's supposed to be a rich tourist’s perfect paradise, but increasingly, the Maldives’ credibility as a tropical dream is being overshadowed by the spectre of a terrorist nightmare. The country famed ...

The gimmick hotel has gone global: Treehouse hotels in Costa Rica (including one constructed from an upscaled Boeing 727); igloo inns in Sweden; bed and breakfasts for cave dwellers in New Mexico; a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. On March 8, the Maldives reported its first cases of Coronavirus, ...

A breathtaking island haven in the Indian Ocean has been likened to the Maldives for its natural splendour, yet remains remarkably free from tourist crowds. Reunion Island, a French overseas territory ...

On the equator and deep in the vast Indian Ocean lies a captivating group of over 1,190 coral islands – the Maldives. None of the islands have mountains or rivers, and the islands are merely two ...

The Maldives is often everyone's dream destination to tick off the bucket list - but with costs often sky-high many do not know if they'll ever get to their tropical paradise. But this alternative ...