A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Speaking on an episode of BBC and PATA’s Destination Insight webinar series, Tourism Minister Dr Abdulla Mausoom stated that the Maldives is expecting over 100,000 tourist arrivals for the remainder of 2020. Although the Maldives saw a huge decline in arrivals when the country first opened its borders on 15th July, the numbers have started to […]
Happy Market has opened a new outlet in K.Hulhumale, called the Happy Market Experience Centre. The store is to provide all the food and drink products offered by the company under one roof. The outlet was inaugurated on 10th October. CEO of Happy Market Ali Ihusan stated that the showroom will be extremely beneficial to […]
On the 4th of October, a group of 86 students from the Asian Academy of Aeronautics, based in Addu City, filed a petition against the flying school with the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Higher Education regarding their concerns over the school. The Asian Academy of Aeronautics (AAA) was founded in 1991 and […]
Singapore-based airline SilkAir has announced the extension of their passenger flight schedules until the end of 2020, with flights to Malé in the Maldives to recommence from 1st December 2020. The operations are set to be served twice weekly by SilkAir from Singapore using the Boeing 737-800 from December. Tourism makes for a considerable percentage of […]
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has launched a marketing campaign with several activities in South Korea to regain destination presence in the market and to increase arrivals from South Korea. Under the tagline ‘Rediscover Maldives’ MMPRC has launched an outdoor bus advertising campaign in Seoul, Rediscover Maldives online advertising and online promotion with […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has said that the road to addressing mental wellbeing begins with the care and support of the whole community. He made this statement while speaking at the online global advocacy event – ‘The Big Event for Mental Health’ held by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Speaking at the event, President Solih […]
Dynamyst, a reputed content creation studio based in the Maldives is helping pave the way for the next level of digital marketing in Maldives tourism. After securing the market for aerial photography in the early stages, Dynamyst has been providing a variety of digital content creation services to an increasing list of clients. Now Dynamyst […]
According to statistics by the Finance Ministry, MVR 5.2 million ( USD 337,700 ) was generated from Green Tax revenue. This is a decrease of 92.7% compared to the amount in August last year. From the total amount, USD 279,260 was from resorts in the country. The remaining contributors include hotels, guesthouses and safaris. The […]
Virtual Reality (VR) is a futuristic innovation that is currently one of the most popular technological advancements in the field of entertainment and is being further developed to be applicable within various spheres such as education, training and health purposes. Virtual reality is a simulated experience created with the help of computer technology. The most […]