A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
While borders are reopened without any restriction, travellers are required to submit an online health declaration form 24-hours before travelling to the Maldives. This ‘Traveler Health Declaration’ is introduced to mitigate health risks and ease procedures, Maldives Immigration reported. The declaration will speed up the process of pre-arrival and pre-departure health information of travellers, as […]
A ban on entry into the Maldives for anyone who has left or transited the UK in the last 14 days, has been lifted. Confirmation came today (15th July) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives as resorts reopened for tourists. Guesthouses open this month for local residents on COVID-19 free islands and will […]
Maldivian dhoni in front of the turquoise bay and island India considers introducing an air bubble or in other words an air travel bridge to the Maldives, which will be of use for the tourists traveling between Maldives and India on July 15 after a four-month shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regarding this, […]
Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has hosted a virtual press conference on to commence the reopening of borders for all nationalities in the Maldives, and to launch the “Rediscover Maldives…the sunny side of life” on 15th of July, 2020. In this Press Conference, the Managing Director of MMPRC highlighted the approaches to resolve […]
To commence the reopening of borders for all nationalities in the Maldives, and to launch the “Rediscover Maldives…the sunny side of life” campaign, Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has hosted a virtual press conference on 15th July. Top international media from 21 countries including the main source markets, China, Italy, India, Germany, Russia, […]
Marriott group’s Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa has been crowned the Regal winner of ‘World Class Family Resort’ and “World Class Island Resort” as well as the Royal winner of “World Class Private Island Resort” by 2020 MUSE Hotel Awards. Fending off stiff competition from across the globe, Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih dismissed Ali Waheed from his post as Minister of Tourism. He was serving the nation as a Minister for over 19 months and terminated due allegations of sexual assault to a Tourism Ministry staff, which were reported directly to the President and the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services. Currently, […]
Moosa Nasih, President of the Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) had resigned. Nasih had revealed that a complaint was previously lodged concerning allegations of sexual assault from a senior official at the association, on June 23. The Internal Affairs Committee of the association had initially passed to probe the case, lodged by a female employee […]
Soneva has launched an online course, Tropical Organic Gardening, aimed at teaching people how to grow food in a tropical country like Maldives. The course is a perfect beginner’s guide on how to grow food, whether it is on a small balcony in Male’, in a back garden, or on a bigger sized plot of […]