The total number of tourist accommodation establishments currently operational across the Maldives, has dropped to 1,231.
This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Friday.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives dropped to 1,231 over the course of a week with the closing of two guesthouses.
Although one guesthouse opened for services in an island of the Kaafu atoll region, one closed doors in an island of Meemu atoll and one guesthouse halted services in Fuvahmulah City as well.
Presently, a total of 60,514 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 170 resorts, 895 guesthouses, 13 hotels and 153 live-aboard vessels. The guesthouses span across 117 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in seven islands of seven atolls.
As of April 12, 68 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts, followed by 24 percent occupied by guesthouses, five percent by safari vessels and three percent by hotels.
The total number of operational beds span across resorts, hotels, guesthouses, and live-aboard vessels including 41,241 in resorts, 1,640 in hotels, 14,674 in guesthouses and 2,959 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,235 tourist facilities which include 153 safari vessels, 895 guesthouses, 13 hotels and 174 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, four resorts are yet to resume operations.
Tourist facilities currently in operation are:
- Two resorts and 22 guesthouses in four islands of Haa Alif atoll,
- One hotel, one resort and 17 guesthouses in five islands of Haa Dhaal atoll,
- Two resorts and eight guesthouses in six islands of Shaviyani atoll,
- Nine resorts and 15 guesthouses in five islands of Noonu atoll,
- 16 resorts and seven guesthouses in seven islands of Raa atoll,
- 17 resorts, one hotel and 65 guesthouses in 13 islands of Baa atoll,
- Nine resorts and eight guesthouses in four islands of Lhaviyani atoll,
- 55 resorts, seven hotels and 348 guesthouses in 10 islands of Kaafu atoll,
- 11 resorts and 159 guesthouses in eight islands of Alif Alif atoll,
- 17 resorts, one hotel and 94 guesthouses in 10 islands of Alif Dhaal atoll,
- Four resorts, one hotel and 56 guesthouses in five islands of Vaavu atoll,
- Three resorts and five guesthouses in five islands of Meemu atoll,
- One resort and seven guesthouses in two islands of Faafu atoll,
- Nine resorts and 10 guesthouses in six islands of Dhaalu atoll,
- One resort and six guesthouses in five islands of Thaa atoll,
- Two resorts and five guesthouses in one island of Laamu atoll,
- Six resorts, one hotel and 13 guesthouses in six islands of Gaaf Alif atoll,
- Three resorts and nine guesthouses in four islands of Gaaf Dhaal atoll,
- 21 guesthouses in Fuvahmulah City,
- Two resorts, one hotel and 20 guesthouses in six districts of Addu City in Seenu atoll
The ministry introduced Homestay in the Maldives in January 2022. Since then, a few more homestay facilities have been opened. This comes under President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s tourism development vision and policy to make tourism and its benefits accessible to the island communities as well.
After the Covid 19 pandemic Maldives re-opened borders on 15 July 2020 nearly four months since borders were closed, and at first, resorts and live-aboard 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.
