A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
According to UK’s leading celebrity news site Hello Magazine, Maldives is among the 8 travel destinations celebrities will likely to book post lockdown. Hellomagazine.com is the official website of the weekly celebrity news magazine Hello!, and the UK’s leading celebrity news site. Started in 2001 to complement the magazine, the site is updated throughout the day, […]
Tourism Minister Ali Waheed has revealed that the government has been incurring the expenses of the stranded tourists in the Maldives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the interview to CNN’s Quest Meets Business show, the Minister talked about how the government takes importance in taking care of those travellers. He said there are […]
As Maldives tries to cope with the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s tourism industry remains to be shattered. The industry is trying hard to stay afloat during this unprecedented time. While exhausting all its revenue, resorts still have the tourism lease rent hanging over their head. The question is: Do they still […]
Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) in association with Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the world’s largest travel platform Tripadvisor, hosted a webinar today. The webinar titled “React, Rethink, Recover: Destination Management Solutions to the COVID-19 Crisis” had more than 300 Maldives tourism marketeers participants. Starting the webinar Mr. Thoyyib Mohamed, Managing Director […]
The future is here. Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) has announced plans to launch “Virtual Maldives”, a project that will assist Maldives tourism industry to reach new heights. Virtual reality is here, and the future of tourism is to change forever that could have a big impact on the Maldives tourism industry in the next few […]
Presented by Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) in association with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Tripadvisor will be hosting a webinar “React, Rethink, Recover: Solutions to the COVID-19 Crisis” for the Maldives tourism industry marketeers. This 90-minute webinar, MMPRC in association with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Tripadvisor, will […]
Health Protection Agency (HPA) has amended the policy on entry and exit from resorts and safaris, lifting the requirement to seek an exit application from all individual staff before allowing them to exit the resort or safari. The employees can now leave the tourist establishment as resorts and vessels approach the end of their 14-day quarantine […]
Ministry of Finance has announced that each resort will be given MVR 7.7 million loans as per the economic relief package introduced by the government to mitigate the economic downfall with regard to COVID-19 pandemic. The government has implemented 7 key stimulus packages to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 crisis. This includes: Loans as […]
The largest seaplane operator in the world, Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) has made 50% salary cuts and offered their staff 4 months contract due to the COVID-19. TMA employs over 900 staff. The 4-month contract offered to the employees says that they will reinstate their salaries if the Maldives is able to get back 80% […]