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Was Maldives Ready to Welcome Back Tourists?

Was Maldives Ready to Welcome Back Tourists?

By Maldives Times 3 min read

The Maldives has restarted tourism and reopened borders for visitors from all nationalities from 15th July 2020. To contain the spread of the COVID-19, countries are enforcing mandatory negative COVID-19 PCR test results when travellers return to their countries. This raises the question: Can Maldives address this requirement? Do we have enough testing facilities in […]

Over 1700 Tourists Arrive in the Maldives after Border Re-opening

Over 1700 Tourists Arrive in the Maldives after Border Re-opening

By Maldives Times 2 min read

The island nation of Maldives reopened its borders to international tourists on 15th July 2020, after 3 months of a halt in tourism. Within 17 days of reopening borders, the popular destination received over 1700 tourists from around the world. In fact, on the very first day itself, the Maldives welcomed a total of 80 […]