Number of operational tourist facilities rises
Operational guesthouses span across 116 islands of 19 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.
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The number of operational tourist accommodation establishments across the Maldives has surged.
This was revealed by the latest weekly statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on November 14.
As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of November 13, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,241.
The guesthouses span across 116 islands of 19 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 62,688 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 171 resorts, 902 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 154 live-aboard vessels.
The beds operational across these facilities include 42,539 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 15,185 in guesthouses and 3,008 in live-aboard vessels.
Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,252 tourist facilities which include 154 safari vessels, 902 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 182 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, 11 resorts have yet to resume operations.
