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, […]
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 […]
Following President Solih’s announcement to develop 8000 tourist beds in Addu, tourism zones have been allotted and approved by the President to develop local tourism in Addu. As such, Addu City Council, with direct supervision of the Ministry of Tourism, is undertaking this project of leasing lands for development and operation of Guest Houses and […]
Noku Maldives has welcomed Manoharan Mannarlingam (Mano) as their new General Manager. Born and raised in Singapore, Mano knew hospitality was the career for him while working part-time in Boulevard Hotel during his school holidays. He enjoyed his time engaging with locals and sharing about Singapore with foreign guests. When it came to further his studies, […]
High Commission of India in the Maldives has announced a webinar to connect travel operators and associations in India and Maldives. This ‘India-Maldives Travel Connect’ webinar will be held on 13th October. The Minister of Tourism Dr Abdulla Mausoom, Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Thoyyib Mohamed, and the High Commissioner […]
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For the fourth consecutive year, LUX* South Ari Atoll Resort & Villas has announced that they have won the British Airways Customer Excellence Award for 2019. The award is given based on unbiased customer reviews designed to showcase the hotels that impress guests the most. British Airways Holidays, which is one of the UK’s leading tour […]
Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the European Institute for Export Compliance (EIFEC) and The Maldives National University (MNU) initiated a ‘Compliance Officer Training Programme’ on the implementation of EIFEC compliance standards in tourism industry businesses. EIFEC in collaboration with MNU and the University of Turin (UNITO) targets to train over 800 Compliance Officers from […]
Speaking on an episode of BBC and PATA’s Destination Insight webinar series, Tourism Minister Dr Abdulla Mausoom stated that the Maldives is expecting over 100,000 tourist arrivals for the remainder of 2020. Although the Maldives saw a huge decline in arrivals when the country first opened its borders on 15th July, the numbers have started to […]