A total of 1,274 tourist accommodation establishments are currently operational across the Maldives.
This was revealed by the tourism updates statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of November 08, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,274.
There are guesthouses on 119 islands spread over 20 atolls, and hotels are situated on 8 islands within 8 atolls. Resorts occupy 68 percent of the available beds, followed by guesthouses (24 percent), safari vessels (5 percent), and hotels (3 percent).
Currently, these establishments—which consist of 174 resorts, 924 guesthouses, 14 hotels, and 162 live-aboard vessels—have 62,880 tourist beds operating throughout them.
The beds operational across these facilities include 42,637 in resorts, 1,940 in hotels, 15,128 in guesthouses and 3,181 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,278 tourist facilities which include 162 safari vessels, 924 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 178 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 23 guesthouses in four islands of Haa Alif atoll,
- One hotel, one resort and 19 guesthouses in seven islands of Haa Dhaal atoll,
- Two resorts and nine guesthouses in six islands of Shaviyani atoll,
- Eight resorts and 14 guesthouses in five islands of Noonu atoll,
- One hotel, 17 resorts and seven guesthouses in eight islands of Raa atoll,
- One hotel, 17 resorts and 69 guesthouses in 13 islands of Baa atoll,
- 11 resorts and seven guesthouses in four islands of Lhaviyani atoll,
- Seven hotels, 55 resorts and 356 guesthouses in 10 islands of Kaafu atoll,
- 11 resorts and 158 guesthouses in eight islands of Alif Alif atoll,
- One hotel, 18 resorts and 101 guesthouses in 10 islands of Alif Dhaal atoll,
- One hotel, Five resorts and 58 guesthouses in five islands of Vaavu atoll,
- Three resorts and five guesthouses in five islands of Meemu atoll,
- One resort and six guesthouses in two islands of Faafu atoll,
- Nine resorts and 12 guesthouses in six islands of Dhaalu atoll,
- One resort and seven guesthouses in five islands of Thaa atoll,
- Two resorts and five guesthouses in one island of Laamu atoll,
- One hotel, Six resorts and 13 guesthouses in six islands of Gaaf Alif atoll,
- Three resorts and nine guesthouses in four islands of Gaaf Dhaal atoll,
- 26 guesthouses in Fuvahmulah City,
- One hotel, Two resorts 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.
