This comment has been disliked a lot, but yeah, agreed. Like some promoters in Dubai importing sand from actual islands to build fake islands in the shape of a world map. "Cute, eh? We're totally destroying the planet right now, but look how beautiful this is."
Hate to tell you, but those fake islands are also acting as preserved reefs and that they don't tear down other islands, they scoop up sand from the seafloor a few miles away in an area with very little sea life.
The palm tree island already had to experience several changes due to either a lack of current or too strong currents on several places. The water change doesnt function as intended. And hate to tell you, but scooping up seafloor has significant impacts on sea life. If we are saying "little sea life" it means there is no big fish or other creatures we see swimming along, but the seafloor has an overwhelming hidden biodiversity.
Coming back to the Maldives, if you ever go there, make sure you go to the right coast, because the massive trash island they have formed in a very close distance, as they don't know where to go with all the tourism-related waste, is not only visible, but with the right wind direction you can even smell it.
That's what happens to paradise, if you put the financial interests higher than anything else. A rediculous pool directly at a before flawless beach unfortunately is one of the smaller problems.
Coming back to the Maldives, if you ever go there, make sure you go to the right coast, because the massive trash island they have formed in a very close distance, as they don't know where to go with all the tourism-related waste, is not only visible, but with the right wind direction you can even smell it.
That's what happens to paradise, if you put the financial interests higher than anything else. A rediculous pool directly at a before flawless beach unfortunately is one of the smaller problems.