A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Today, guesthouses in the Maldives will be reopening in islands apart from the Capital Male City area. According to the Tourism Ministry, so far twenty-two guesthouses have been permitted to resume operations in six islands. The islands in which guesthouses have commenced operations today include Maafushi and Huraa in Kaafu Atoll, V Thinadhoo, AA Mathiveri, […]
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Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), together with partners from the tourism industry, is participating in TTG Travel Experience 2020 held in Rimini, Italy from 14th – 16th October 2020. Since the reopening of borders on 15th July 2020, this is the first fair in which the Maldives will be represented. The Maldives will […]
Uninhabited islands in the Maldives were being leased to individuals for agricultural purposes for many years which, however, is being used as holiday homes for the wealthy. During the session held on the Monday regarding the leasing islands for agriculture, the Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed stated that the People’s Majilis has advised the […]
The Maldives, with a population of over 500,000, features 5 university campus throughout the island nation. Last year, the developing country introduced a free degree scheme under which students in the University can study their first degree completely free. This scheme is an attempt to improve higher education and national development. Without a doubt, this […]
With a record number of flight movements, Maldives’ main Velana International Airport (VIA) has witnessed the busiest day since the island nation reopened borders on 15th July. As per the statistics by Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), 147 flight movements were recorded on October 11. This included 39 runway movements and 108 seaplane movements. This […]
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Microsoft for Startups launches the Highway to a 100 Unicorns initiative in the Asia Pacific to strengthen the region’s startup ecosystem. This follows the initiative’s success in India, where only 56 startups were selected to the Emerge X program from six states, which have over 15000+ startups. The Emerge X winners have greatly benefited with global market […]
Minister of Finance, Honorable Ibrahim Ameer stated that it is essential to continue the development projects to recover from the current conditions due to COVID-19 despite the advice from World Bank. According to a report released by World Bank on the economic condition in South Asia, the current measures taken by the Maldivian government would […]