The Maldives is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean and a very popular holiday destination that draws in visitors from around the world. It is a great place to go on holiday because of the year-round sunshine, blue water seas, white sand beaches, and luxurious resorts and spas providing typical Asian hospitality.
Travellers who come to spend their vacations here should make it a point to pick up a few souvenirs as they are truly unique to this country and are great to gift your family and friends back home or even to display in your living room as part of your memories from your travels around the world.
For anyone looking for what souvenirs to pick up from these archipelagic islets, there are few typically Maldivian items to choose from. They range from wood carvings, coconut shell products, woven mats, dhoni crafts, and laquer works.
The island boasting palm fronds at almost all its beaches, there are many coconut shell-based crafts that one can find here. They range from pencil holders, table-top decorations, wall hangers and more. The abundance of coconuts has made them truly a mark of Maldivian arts and crafts scene. What a tourist will see at a traditional mosque as part of wooden carvings have also inspired many other smaller wooden carvings, which are available for sale. Since there aren’t that many large trees in these islands, wood carving is one of the most special skills and souvenirs to obtain here.
The country being a nation heavily dependent on fishing, replicas of fishing boats and various lifestyles related to this mode of living can be found here. What better way to remember a memorable sunny holiday than to take home a little dhoni craft replica to remember the good times spent on these warm beaches?
There are also coconut leaf mats or screw pine leaf mats which are colourful and they are really useful either to sit or even to sleep. In western countries, these can be used as decorations too. Tourists staying at seaside Maldives resorts or the many luxurious Maldives spa resorts such as Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas can take one of these items back home to remember a warm vacation in these sunny islands.
Thanuja Silva is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Auburn Silver. She has a passion for fashion and a deep interest in admiring new and exotic attractions around the world.
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