One more tourist facility resumes operations
27 ސެޕްޓެމްބަރު 2024 | ހުކުރު 10:36The 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.
A resort in Alif Dhaal atoll
One more tourist accommodation establishment has resumed services to visitors.
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 25, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,228.
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 62,908 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 175 resorts, 887 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 152 live-aboard vessels.
This means that one resort resumed services in the past week. The resort that resumed services over the past week is situated in Baa atoll.
The beds operational across these facilities include 43,009 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 14,975 in guesthouses and 2,968 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,234 tourist facilities which include 152 safari vessels, 887 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 181 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, six 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.
