Number of operational tourist facilities rises
21 ސެޕްޓެމްބަރު 2024 | ހޮނިހިރު 04:02Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,235 tourist facilities which include 152 safari vessels, 887 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 182 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, eight resorts have yet to resume operations.
A guesthouse in Maafushi island of Kaafu atoll
The number of tourist facilities currently operational across the Maldives has risen.
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 September 18, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,227.
The guesthouses span across 118 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational in nine islands of eight atolls. 68 percent of the bed capacity is occupied by resorts, followed by 24 percent occupied by guesthouses, five percent by safari vessels and three percent by hotels.
Presently, a total of 62,864 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 174 resorts, 887 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 152 live-aboard vessels.
The beds operational across these facilities include 42,965 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 14,975 in guesthouses and 2,968 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,235 tourist facilities which include 152 safari vessels, 887 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.
