1,199 tourist facilities currently operational
18 ޖޫން 2024 | އަންގާރަ 11:2662,542 tourist beds are in operation across 1,199 tourist facilities including 175 resorts, 860 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 150 live-aboard vessels. 70 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts.
70 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts
The number of tourist facilities that are currently operational across the Maldives currently sits at 1,199.
This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism earlier this week.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of June 12, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sits at 1,199.
The guesthouses span across 115 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 23 percent occupied by guesthouses, four percent by safari vessels and three percent by hotels.
Presently, a total of 62,542 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 175 resorts, 860 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 150 live-aboard vessels.
The beds operational across these facilities include 43,197 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 14,461 in guesthouses and 2,928 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,206 tourist facilities which include 150 safari vessels, 860 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 182 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, seven 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.
