Number of operational tourist facilities sits at 1,261

The total number of operational tourist facilities across the Maldives has risen to 1,261.

This was revealed by the latest daily statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday.

As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of September 12, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,261.

The guesthouses span across 119 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in eight islands of eight 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 63,052 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 172 resorts, 913 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 162 live-aboard vessels.

The total number of operational beds span across 42,159 in resorts, 1,940 in hotels, 14,968 in guesthouses and 3,181 in live-aboard vessels.

Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,266 tourist facilities which include 162 safari vessels, 913 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 177 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, five 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.