Number of operational tourist facilities drop further
27 ޖެނުއަރީ 2024 | ހޮނިހިރު 03:06Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,144 tourist facilities
A guesthouse in Hulhumalé
The number of tourist facilities that are currently operational across the Maldives has dropped further.
This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Friday.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of January 24, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,139.
The guesthouses span across 114 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in nine islands of eight atolls. 70 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts, followed by 22 percent occupied by guesthouses, five percent by safari vessels and three percent by hotels.
Presently, a total of 61,466 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 175 resorts, 809 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 140 live-aboard vessels.
This means that over the past week, one resort and two guesthouses halted services.
The beds operational across these facilities include 43,123 in resorts, 2,016 in hotels, 13,627 in guesthouses and 2,700 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,144 tourist facilities which include 140 safari vessels, 809 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 180 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, four resorts have 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 came under former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s tourism development vision and policy to make tourism and its benefits accessible to the island communities as well.
