A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
T-ara‘s Hyomin shared photos from her recent trip to The Maldives via Instagram. On October 4, the idol singer was seated in a first-class suite on Emirates Airline where she revealed a glimpse of the fancy interior which included a huge display monitor, a giant mirror, and a mini bar. Arriving at her destination, Hyomin […]
Building upon the success of Laamu’s first ever inter-island Turtle Festival in 2016, the entire community recently came together for the second Laamu Turtle Festival. The event took place on the local island of Gan, and was jointly organized by the Gan Island Council, Laamu Atoll Police Department and Six Senses Laamu. This year’s theme […]
On September 25th, I stepped out into brilliant sunlight at Malé’s international airport. Two ground crew in modest heels, yellow reflective vests, and navy-blue hijabs directed us around the wing and into the terminal. An hour later I was on a bus along the access road to Hulhumalé, a massive island which the Maldives’s Housing […]
Mr. Abdulla Ghiyas Riyaz, President of MATATO Maafushi Island will be hosting the Award Night for Dhiraagu Presents Maldives Travel Awards Guesthouse Edition on 30th October 2017. More than 90 nominees are competing in 12 categories, where for the first time, MATATO is bringing a platform exclusively for Guesthouses, to recognize and display the innovative […]
Kenyan socialite Vera Sidika has returned home from a luxury trip in Maldives Vera and a top government honcho had gone on a luxury trip in Maldives ‘It is true we were in the same flight with the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea’ Kenyan socialite-cum-entrepreneur Vera Sidika has just returned home from a luxury trip […]
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has announced that they are to take part at the Outbound Travel Roadshow 2018, Middle East. OTR is a pure B2B meet, where leading tour agents and tour operators as buyers who do outbound travel. The Buyer data is reviewed and the most potential buyers for […]
General Sales Agent of SriLankan Airlines, Ace Aviation Services Maldives, introduces special fares for World Travel Market (2017) London. Under the “World Travel Market with SriLankan Airlines” return tickets from Male’ to London will be sold on a fair promotion for particular dates. For passengers who will be departing from Male’ on 7th November, tickets […]
Kandima Maldives has introduced an art initiative called KULA turning the entire island from a kool island resort into the trendiest, most happening art centre in the Indian Ocean. KULA means “Colours” in Dhivehi and it is Kandima’s vision that this programme will support the full spectrum of the contemporary creative arts, from local crafts, […]
A tourist toll-free number, through which tourists can contact tourist police has been launched by Maldives Police Service. The number 1478 was launched by Home Minister Mr. Azleen Ahmed, in a ceremony held in Velana International Airport. During the ceremony, Minister Azleen stated that this kind of developments in Maldivian Police Service would increase the […]