{"id":697,"date":"2021-01-25T11:12:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T11:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=697"},"modified":"2021-02-01T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:59:39","slug":"its-the-sunny-side-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the Sunny Side of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s the Sunny Side of Life is probably not on many people\u2019s playlists, but the Maldives continues to be one of the most popular long-haul holiday destinations for UK travellers thanks to its picturesque islands, white sand beaches and crystal-clear lagoons.&nbsp; The song was Official song of MATATO Maldives Travel Awards 2015.&nbsp; It is regularly used in tourism material by the Maldives Tourism Authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Sunny Side of Life - Official song of MATATO Maldives Travel Awards 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cq0mlWV2_oE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>It&#8217;s the Sunny Side of Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maldives has undergone an expansion of its tourism infrastructure in recent years offering more choice for travellers. &nbsp;Visitor figures to the Maldives grew prior to Covid with UK visitors comprising 7.3% of the total market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"The Maldives - Beach View\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920-1568x880.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-1993704_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Maldives &#8211; Beach View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maldives are said to be the most romantic destination on earth.&nbsp; Each resort is a private enclave perched on an individual island, providing its occupants with exclusive tranquillity. Imagine waking up on the private island, surrounded by swaying palm trees, azure blue sea and pristine soft white sand every day. From the moment you touch down to the moment you leave you will be pampered all the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Maldives - Night View\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920-1568x1043.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maldives-2000058_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Maldives &#8211; Night View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The islands are considered to be one of the best snorkelling\/diving locations in the world.\u00a0 In many resorts you can snorkel at any time of day. Swim in your own giant aquarium. You will be snorkelling amongst an variety of corals, sea turtles, reef sharks, stingrays, and numerous other forms of sea life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a> today to book your holiday in paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay with your <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJLDPQ?CPID=100338475\" target=\"_blank\">British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card<\/a>* and earn Avios point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:11px\">  Any links with an * by them are affiliated, which means get a product via this link and a contribution may be made to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the Sunny Side of Life is probably not on many people\u2019s playlists, but the Maldives continues to be one of the most popular long-haul holiday destinations for UK travellers thanks to its picturesque islands, white sand beaches and crystal-clear lagoons.&nbsp; The song was Official song of MATATO Maldives Travel Awards 2015.&nbsp; It is regularly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=697\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It\u2019s the Sunny Side of Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,494,179,493,65],"tags":[96,31,28,489,492,488,490,32],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-beach","category-diving","category-maldives","category-sun","tag-beach","tag-beaches","tag-maldives","tag-ocean","tag-pampered","tag-paradise","tag-romantic","tag-sun","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}