Number of operational tourist facilities rises to 1,253
The guesthouses span across 118 islands of 20 atolls
A guesthouse in Hulhumalé
The operational capacity of tourist accommodation establishments across the Maldives, has risen to 1,253.
This was revealed by the latest daily statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Sunday.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives currently sits at 1,253.
Presently, a total of 61,116 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 171 resorts, 908 guesthouses, 13 hotels and 161 live-aboard vessels.
This means that one resort and one liveaboard vessel resumed services over the course of the past week.
The guesthouses span across 118 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in seven islands of seven atolls.
As of July 22, 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 41,409 in resorts, 1,640 in hotels, 14,900 in guesthouses and 3,167 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,256 tourist facilities which include 161 safari vessels, 908 guesthouses, 13 hotels and 174 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, three resorts are yet to resume operations.
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.
