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Old Mar 11, 2023 | 5:51 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
Andaman is very very nice and would be ideal for tourism. As is Lakshadweep (north of the Maledives).

I think Lakshadweep is a preferred target for those resigned to take their honeymoon within India's borders. We had a half-hearted plan to visit some years back (not as honeymooners ), but got put off by the requirement to get special permission. Tiresome though not insurmountable, but life's too short..

I think Andaman is unlikely to have the same attraction for Indian newly-weds, and some form of protected area permits are required, with certainly a more serious version of PAP for the remoter islands. The murder of an American missionary on one of those remote islands a few years' back is unlikely to encourage tourism: and for their own reasons, the indian government is perferctly happy with that status quo.
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