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If you’re thinking of taking a vacation in one of the Maldives’ five-star resorts, don’t expect too much pampering anymore:
Last week the tourism ministry instructed resort hotels across the nation’s coral islands to close all spas and health centres offering beauty treatments and massages.
The act was in response to a fundamentalist Islamic political party’s claim that the spas, even in luxury resorts, are no more than a front for sex tourism. The country’s tourism ministry, though, has already filed multiple lawsuits to overturn the ban.
Read the full story from Yahoo News.