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Figure 6. 9 Huvadhu bondi Source: Shakeela (2000, p. 421) The bondi in Figure 6.10 is made from screw pine. Screw pine (Figure 6.11) which grows in the wild is used to make several traditional dishes. The nuts of the screw pine are also a special treat. The seeds of used screw pines are split using a large knife or a small axe to take out the milky nuts inside. Extracting screw pine nuts is an arduous task hence is not very common which adds to its ‘uniqueness’. Another type of bondi is the savoury mas bondi in Figure 6.12 made from smoked tuna. Figure 6. 10 Bondi made from Screw pine Source: Shakeela (2000, p. 390) 146
Figure 6. 11 Screw pine fruit and nuts Source: Shakeela (2000, p. 38) Figure 6. 12 Mas bondi Source: Shakeela (2000, p. 369) There is a large variety of snacks made from taro, bread fruit, sweet potato, coconut and yam which can be packaged and last a long time (Figure 6.13). These are snack items that could be added to the light snacks such as peanuts and popcorn currently available at bars of hotels and resorts. As packaged items are available in the market, these items 147
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The Role of Local Food in Maldives
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Figure 5.26 Buffet dinner .........
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Attestation of authorship “I here
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Abstract In the fiercely competitiv
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1.1 Background to the study CHAPTER
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attractiveness and promoting sustai
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Figure 1. 1 Map of the Republic of
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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW The
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and nationalities are broadened (Sh
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focus on creating “meaningful tou
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quality of their services and produ
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waiting list for future Guggenheim
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Natural and cultural attractions ar
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local culture, built heritage, and
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Although the above inherent charact
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ituals and leisure (Tannahill, 2002
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and participation in the experience
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Cultural exploration is an integral
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2002). As Jones and Jenkins (2002)
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Figure 2. 2 Isle of Arran food trai
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globalisation strong local food ide
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vegetarian pizza outlets are run by
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tradition are made sustainable in t
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tourism” (p. 115). As their examp
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Slow Food Award in 2000 which recog
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eing researched. Although the small
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On the other hand, the focus of the
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A disadvantage of case sstudies is
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1. data triangulation: uses a range
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A number of international organisat
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Content analysis has been a valuabl
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3.6.2 Surveys “A survey is a good
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Table 3. 2 Advantages vantages and
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3.7 Data validity and reliability I
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3.8 Survey characteristics Out of t
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were doing doctoral research that w
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was a British protectorate from 188
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Figure 4. 2 Population growth rate
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4.3 Economy The Republic of Maldive
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4.4 Agriculture Agriculture plays o
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population was badly affected by th
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enefits of tourism among all the at
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As tourism became established in th
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prospect repeatedly proclaimed by e
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Table 4. 1 Maldives tourist arrival
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Figure 4. 8 Market share of top ten
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provided a slow burning barbecue to
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Figure 4. 13 Rukuraa and raabadhi S
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possible” (Sarantakos, 1998, p. 2
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Table 5. 3 Frequency of images in p
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Committee. Until full approval has
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