Three resorts and three guesthouses resumed operations last week
The guesthouses that resumed services nationwide over the past week are all cross Kaafu atoll
The number of operational tourist facilities nationwide has risen to 899, with six more resuming services last week.
The latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism reveal that a total of 899 facilities are currently operational nationwide, of which 160 are resorts, 585 are guesthouses, 10 are hotels and 144 are liveaboard vessels.
This means that three resorts and three guesthouses resumed operations last week. The guesthouses that resumed services nationwide over the past week are all cross Kaafu atoll.
By Thursday, 51,740 operational beds span across the facilities, of which 37,352 are in resorts, 11,542 are in hotels and guesthouses and 2,846 are in safari vessels.
Maldives has a capacity of 1,107 tourist facilities which include 158 safari vessels, 782 hotels and guesthouses and 167 resorts. This means that of the total facility-capacity, 14 safari vessels, SEVEN resorts, 187 guesthouses and hotels are yet to resume operations.
Tourists who have not completed the Covid-19 vaccination will be barred from checking into guesthouses established in residential islands, according to a recent publication by the Maldives Health Protection Agency (HPA). As such, only those who have passed the limit of 14 days after completing both doses of the vaccine can check in to local guesthouses.
Maldives reopened borders on 15 July 2020, nearly four months since borders were closed and at first, resorts and liveaboard vessels were given the green light to begin operations. Guesthouses outside of the Greater Malé Region were permitted to resume operations on 15 October 2020. Authorities allowed the reopening of guesthouses in the capital region on 14 December 2020.
