A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives Tourism Minister, Ali Waheed has urged commonwealth countries to re-open their borders for safe international travel. During the virtual seminar with senior officials from Commonwealth countries on “COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism, Debt, and Disaster Risk Management”, Minister Ali Waheed said that the Maldives has experienced the worst economic downfall in recent history. The country […]
This is a series merely focusing on the islands of Maldives, not limited to guesthouse islands but taking a step ahead to delve our imagination into the untouched regions across the Maldives to describe and grapple the true beauty and the stories. A decade ago, the mere mention of Maldives often elicits cries of “but […]
The Maldives has assured cheaper post-COVID-19 offers for holidaymakers with no plans of levying new taxes, according to Tourism Minister Ali Waheed. He highlighted that it is the time to assure safety for the tourists when reopening the tourism industry. “It’s time to travel again. It’s time to travel safe,” he said speaking at a webinar […]
The resort lease payment extension to 6 months will cost the government MVR 900 million, Finance Minister Ibrahim Ameer revealed. The Minister said that resort lease payments contribute vastly for government earnings with MVR 1.7 billion budgeted to receive even this year. However, the government is expected to receive MVR 800 million now due to […]
Maldives Customs Services has brought significant changes to its Regulation, including changes to the current fee structure, and the procedures being followed for the tourist yachts anchoring to HA. Atoll Uligan. As such, the 09th amendment (No. 2020/R-33) of the Regulation Number 2011/R-41 (Customs General Regulation 2011) has been gazetted on 23rd May 2020. Due […]
Tourism Ministry has decided to amend the draft guidelines for Safe Tourism by waiving off the initially proposed fees. Speaking at the Peoples Majlis Economic Committee tonight, Tourism Minister Ali Waheed said that the draft regulation was drawn up on a bid to revive the hard-hit tourism industry. The first draft by the Ministry included a […]
Maldives Marketing & PR Corporation (MMPRC) has commenced webinar sessions targeted to the Chinese travel trade for a duration of 10 months. This webinar session will educate Chinese travel trade partners more about the Maldives and its products and to position the Maldives as a preferred tourist destination for Chinese travellers. Over 550 travel agents […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced that when tourism reopens post-COVID-19, in order to facilitate the resort operations, the resort lease payment for the last 6 months of the year will be deferred. Speaking at a special address to the nation, President Solih further added that this includes the land lease payments for the agricultural […]
All islands of N. Atoll have been provided with protective equipment such as masks and gloves by Velaa Private Island. As part of the Velaa Private Island’s efforts to curb the spread of the virus, they have donated 20,000 gloves and masks to 13 different islands in the atoll. The donations were provided to the […]