The doors of 598 guesthouses are open for tourists across the Maldives.
The latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism reveal that one guesthouse resumed operations in Rakeedhoo island of Vaavu atoll resumed services anew, over the past week.
With the resuming of services in one guesthouse, the total operational capacity of tourist accommodation establishments has risen to 912.
Of these, 160 are resorts, 598 are guesthouses, 10 are hotels and 144 are liveaboard vessels.
The number of operational beds increased to 52,050 as well, of which 37,352 are in resorts, 1,360 are in hotels, 10,492 are in guesthouses and 2,846 are in safari vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,122 tourist facilities which include 157 safari vessels, 798 hotels and guesthouses and 167 resorts. This means that of the total facility-capacity, 13 safari vessels, seven resorts, 190 guesthouses and hotels are yet to resume operations.
Guesthouses currently in operation are:
- 12 guesthouses in three islands of Haa Alif atoll,
- Eight guesthouses in three islands of Haa Dhaal atoll,
- Three guesthouses in three islands of Shaviyani atoll,
- Six guesthouses in three islands of Noonu atoll,
- Two guesthouses in two islands of Raa atoll,
- 38 guesthouses in 11 islands of Baa atoll,
- Four guesthouses in four islands of Lhaviyani atoll,
- 232 guesthouses in 10 islands of Kaafu atoll,
- 120 guesthouses in eight islands of Alif Alif atoll,
- 66 guesthouses in nine islands of Alif Dhaal atoll,
- 46 guesthouses in five islands of Vaavu atoll,
- Three guesthouses in three islands of Meemu atoll,
- Seven guesthouses in two islands of Faafu atoll,
- Three guesthouses in three islands of Dhaalu atoll,
- Four guesthouses in three islands of Thaa atoll,
- Three guesthouses in one island of Laamu atoll,
- Six guesthouses in four islands of Gaaf Alif atoll,
- Six guesthouses in four islands of Gaaf Dhaal atoll,
- 17 guesthouses in Fuvahmulah City,
- 12 guesthouses in five districts of Seenu atoll.
According to a publication by the Maldives Health Protection Agency (HPA), tourists who have not completed the Covid-19 vaccination will be barred from checking into guesthouses in residential islands. 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.
Nearly four months since borders were closed, Maldives reopened borders on 15 July 2020 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.
