The trailer of the documentary named "Terrorists' Paradise' has now been released by German public broadcaster ARD. The crew had been deported on Tuesday for filming without the necessary visa. Minister Zameer admitted that the documentary stands to discourage European tourists from coming to the Maldives. "We are just recovering from the drop in tourists due to the situation in the Middle East and Russia, and also the state of emergency here. So this is a targeted attack to destroy our tourism," Zameer said. "This will affect the January and February bookings." The minister said the documentary portrays Maldives as a country which breeds terrorists. He said tourists after seeing the documentary would not bother to corroborate the information and opt for another destination. The crew had earlier said they had been in Maldives to film a story on climate change impact in the country. But the documentary claims to have looked into the level of Islamic State (IS) influence in the Maldives. An official from the immigration, who wished to remain anonymous, had told Haveeru Tuesday evening that four foreign man had been arrested with the help of police and deported for violating visa regulations. The four had come to capital Male after filming in several islands as well, he added. In a separate statement, immigration department instructed local agents of foreign film crews to obtain necessary permissions for filming in the Maldives. Sanjay Kumar, a producer at the South Asian bureau of the German public broadcaster ARD, told Haveeru that he and his crew had contacted the Maldivian embassy in India to enquire about visa regulations before coming to the Maldives. According to him, the embassy had told them that they would get on-arrival visa and would not require to fulfil any formality other than submitting a list of equipment they had with them. Kumar stressed that their local agent was presented with a letter on his request in order to obtain the necessary permits from Maldivian authorities. “We were told [by the local agent] that the permissions have been granted,” he said, in the interview given over phone from Indian capital New Delhi where ARD’s South Asia bureau is located. Kumar stressed that they had come to the Maldives on previous occasions -- once in 2010 to film a story on climate change and its impact on low-lying islands and also in 2013 to shoot for a similar story -- but had not experienced any procedural hurdles before. “The government is simply making an excuse. … This is all about a country claiming to uphold democracy and freedom of press obstructing the work of journalists,” he said. “Just four days before going to the Maldives, I was in Afghanistan. I’ve travelled to many South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh and Nepal. I’ve to say that fear of the government in Maldives is more than the fear of Taliban in Afghanistan.” The Indian-born producer also denied filming for a documentary as claimed by the immigration, insisting that they had come to the Maldives this time as well to shoot for a “news story” in the context of the recently concluded global climate summit in France. “But as journalists, since we’re in a country, we’d cover all angles, right? So in that context, we were supposed to shoot for a story on guesthouse business and its impact on local tourism and island communities as well. We were also set to cover the political situation and the issue of [religious] extremism in the Maldives,” he said. Government spokesperson Ibrahim Muaz Ali accused some locals of being a part of the documentary with the intention of defaming the country. "Maldives is globally renowned as a tourist destination. So we all stand to lose if we try to destroy something for the political gains of a few," Muaz stressed.