1,193 tourist facilities currently operational nationwide

The number of tourist facilities that are currently operational across the Maldives has risen to 1,193.

This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.

As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of May 8, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,193.

The guesthouses span across 114 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in nine islands of eight atolls. 69 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts, followed by 23 percent occupied by guesthouses, five percent by safari vessels and three percent by hotels.

Presently, a total of 62,501 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 176 resorts, 854 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 148 live-aboard vessels.

The beds operational across these facilities include 43,224 in resorts, 2,016 in hotels, 14,389 in guesthouses and 2,872 in live-aboard vessels.

Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,198 tourist facilities which include 148 safari vessels, 854 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 181 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, five 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.