There have been a few setbacks in tourism, such as the September 11 attacks and terrorist threats to tourist destinations, such as in Bali and several European cities. Also, on 26 December 2004, a tsunami, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, hit the Asian countries on the Indian Ocean, including the Maldives. Thousands of people died including many tourists. This, together with the vast clean-up operations, stopped or severely hampered tourism in the area for a time.
there have been a few setbacks in tourism such as the september 11 attacks and terrorist threats to tourist destinations such as in bali and several european cities also on 26 december 2004 a tsunami caused by the 2004 indian ocean earthquake hit the asian countries on the indian ocean including the maldives thousands of people died including many tourists this together with the vast clean-up operations stopped or severely hampered tourism in the area for a time