The ministry on January 1 facilitated the introduction of Homestay in the Maldives
A guesthouse in Hulhumalé, the capital's suburban extension
A total of 974 tourist facilities are currently operational across Maldives.
The latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism revealed that the total number of operational beds span across resorts, hotels, guesthouses and liveaboard vessels including 39,196 in resorts, 1,424 in hotels, 11,278 in guesthouses and 2,954 in liveaboard vessels.
This means that one tourist accommodation establishment resumed operations in the past week.
Operational facilities include 164 resorts, 649 guesthouses, 11 hotels and 150 liveaboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,185 tourist facilities which include 154 safari vessels, 861 hotels and guesthouses and 170 resorts. This means that of the total facility-capacity, four safari vessels, six resorts, 201 guesthouses and hotels are yet to resume operations.
The ministry on January 1 facilitated the introduction of Homestay in the Maldives as well, with the first of its kind opened in Dhiggaru island of Meemu atoll. This comes under the President’s tourism development vision and policy to make tourism and its benefits accessible to the island communities as well.
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.
