Travel The first reactions of the guests are full of praise, conservationists think there is something else about. The newly opened onderwaterhotel in the Maldives is busy with christmas and is in any case controversial.

There are already onderwaterrestaurants and even complete onderwatersuites in Dubai and Singapore but the Maldives claim to yet a next step in tourism for the very wealthy. The superluxe resort where it all happens is called Muraka, what in Divehi, the official language of the Maldives, coral means. That refers to the coral on which the structure is placed and around which beautiful fishes swim.