Maldives opens up to tourists after 4-month closure
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Passengers get off the first flight into the country in months at the Velana International Airport in Male, the Maldives, July 15, 2020. A Qatar Airways flight carrying 107 foreigners and 27 Maldivians arrived at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives on Wednesday morning, marking the first arrival of tourists since the country closed its borders on March 27 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photos: Xinhua)
The first flight into the country in months arrives at the Velana International Airport in Male, the Maldives, July 15, 2020. A Qatar Airways flight carrying 107 foreigners and 27 Maldivians arrived at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives on Wednesday morning, marking the first arrival of tourists since the country closed its borders on March 27 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A passenger pushes a luggage cart after getting off the first flight into the country in months at the Velana International Airport in Male, the Maldives, July 15, 2020. A Qatar Airways flight carrying 107 foreigners and 27 Maldivians arrived at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives on Wednesday morning, marking the first arrival of tourists since the country closed its borders on March 27 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.