The beauty of the Maldives comes naturally, enhanced by a hospitality infrastructure that has evolved over the last 50 years. Initially, in the 1970s, the Maldives was a remote, largely uninhabited archipelago. While fishermen lived on the islands, there were no regular flights or investment in the Maldives as a tourist destination. Consequently, the small airstrip on Hulhule Island, which was barely considered a commercial airport, didn’t see much traveler traffic, keeping the Maldives off the map for many.