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22/02/2014 GMT

This week's programme comes from the Maldives but, with the arrival of low cost airlines, could the islands finally be becoming more affordable?

This weeks programme comes from the Maldives, one of the most exclusive and expensive destinations in the world - but with the arrival of low cost airlines could the islands finally be becoming more affordable?
On her trip to the Islamic islands Carmen Roberts also asks what the locals feel about the prospect of backpackers hitting their shores for the first time. Our Global Guru Simon Calder answers viewers emails, we travel to Paris to rediscover the once banned liquor Abstinthe and Henry Golding takes to two wheels and tries out a new way to play polo in London.

30 minutes

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Sun 23 Feb 2014 06:30GMT

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