So far this year the Maldives has welcomed nearly 150,000 tourists as the country has recently open up their doors to any and all global visitors, regardless of their passport. All you need to cross into this paradise is a mandatory Covid-19 negative certificate and a lot of money. Once you have confirmed to be Covid-19-free you can enjoy your stay without having to wear mask or comply with any restrictions. These are the reasons why this archipelago nation has become a magnet for high-end travellers seeking to escape the grim day-to-day elsewhere. ''The government says it open-door strategy is ideal for a tourism-dependent country whose decentralised geography - about 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean - helps with social distancing. Since the borders reopened, well under 1 percent of arriving visitors have tested positive for the coronavirus, official data show'' The topic of travel in the pandemic era, as well as foreign tours, still causes much controversy. There are...