Number of operational tourist facilities drops to 1,193
62,254 tourist beds are in operation
A guesthouse in the suburban extension of Malé City
The number of tourist facilities that are currently operational across the Maldives has dropped 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 29, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,193.
The guesthouses span across 115 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 62,254 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 174 resorts, 855 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 149 live-aboard vessels.
The beds operational across these facilities include 42,953 in resorts, 2,016 in hotels, 14,369 in guesthouses and 2,916 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,201 tourist facilities which include 149 safari vessels, 855 guesthouses, 15 hotels and 182 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, eight 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.
