# Government & Parliament

- [The passport ban and Rasmalé: how the law holds its ground](https://www.goodmorningmaldives.com/news/muththalib-passport-ban-rasmale-how-law-holds-its-ground) — 2026-10-13, Government & Parliament — Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Dr Abdulla Muththalib answers the Palestine-related concerns raised about Rasmalé: what Zionist settlement has historically required, what the April 2025 Israeli passport ban already does, and the protections proposed for the sale.
- [Maldives visitor survey shows strong visitor loyalty; spending chapter remains incomplete](https://www.goodmorningmaldives.com/news/maldives-visitor-survey-shows-strong-visitor-loyalty-spending-chapter-remains-incomplete) — 2026-07-23, Government & Parliament — A government survey of 3,047 departing tourists finds strong destination loyalty and unusually high satisfaction. Its short, single-airport sampling window and an incomplete spending chapter, however, mean it establishes less about the economic value of tourism than its headline findings suggest.

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