Three guesthouses halt services, operational tourist facilities at 1,258
A total of 62,258 tourist beds are operational
Guesthouses in Hulhumalé
The total number of operational tourist facilities across the Maldives has dropped to 1,258, with the halting of services in three guesthouses.
This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Saturday.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of August 30, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,258.
The guesthouses that closed for services over the course of the past week were one in Haa Alif atoll, one in Baa atoll and one in Alif Alif atoll.
The guesthouses span across 118 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in seven islands of seven atolls. 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.
Presently, a total of 62,258 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 173 resorts, 909 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 162 live-aboard vessels.
The total number of operational beds span across 42,219 in resorts, 1,940 in hotels, 14,918 in guesthouses and 3,181 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,262 tourist facilities which include 162 safari vessels, 909 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 177 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, four 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.
