Number of operational tourist facilities rises to 1,249

The number of operational tourism accommodation establishments has surged to an impressive 1,249, reflecting growing confidence and demand in the industry among zealous travelers.

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 November 27, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives sat at 1,249.

The guesthouses span across 116 islands of 19 atolls, with hotels operational on nine islands of eight atolls. Sixty-eight 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 62,816 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 171 resorts, 909 guesthouses, 14 hotels, and 155 live-aboard vessels.

This means that seven more guesthouses resumed operations over the past week.

The beds operational across these facilities include 42,539 in resorts, 1,956 in hotels, 15,277 in guesthouses, and 3,044 in live-aboard vessels.

Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,261 tourist facilities which include 156 safari vessels, 909 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 182 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, 11 resorts and one safari vessel have yet to resume operations.