President Mohamed Nasheed has called on the public to make climate change an election issue. He made this statement at a press conference at ITB Berlin fair.

He added that in democracies, governments would do only what the people demand from them and that climate change issue should now be one of the key demands of the people.

On why tourists should come to the Maldives, President Nasheed said that the high level services provided in the Maldives are exemplary and that the Maldives is a naturally unique destination.

Apart from the President, Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture, Dr Ahmed Ali Sawad and the Vice Chairman of MATI, Mr Hussain Afeef also took questions from the media.