Number of operational tourist facilities rises to 1,220

Over the past week, the number of operational tourist facilities across the Maldives rose.

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 August 21, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,220.

The guesthouses span across 118 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 62,740 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 174 resorts, 879 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 153 live-aboard vessels.

This means that one more guesthouse opened for services over the past week.

The beds operational across these facilities include 42,965 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 14,839 in guesthouses and 2,980 in live-aboard vessels.

Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,228 tourist facilities which include 153 safari vessels, 879 guesthouses, 14 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.