Velaa Private Island has increased its donations to help the Maldives coronavirus outbreak, with more protective equipment being supplied to the ultra-luxury resort’s neighbouring islands. An...
Maldives has relaxed regulations on registering a foreign investment in the island nation’s lucrative tourism sector. Previous regulations required a foreigner interested in owning or operating...
By Sonu Shivdasani Thank you for all your replies to the opinion article I shared a few weeks ago, ‘How Maldivian Tourism can Survive Covid-19’. I appreciate...
Tourism authorities in Maldives have invited comments from industry stakeholders on draft guidelines, which — if finalised — will see the introduction of a $100 visa...
SriLankan Airlines has announced plans to operate four repatriation flights from Maldives to major hubs in the world. The neighbouring Sri Lanka’s flag carrier will fly...
With so much chaos going around in the world, we all need a small reminder that there is light, or in this case “the sunny side...
An Islamic financing institute has arranged a $15 million emergency loan to the Maldives main state-owned trading company to procure essential supplies for the coronavirus response....
Noku Maldives has joined the Preferred Hotels & Resorts alliance. The Maldives resort is amongst 26 new properties that joined the independent hotel portfolio in the...
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives will take a year or a year and a half to recover to pre-pandemic levels after the island nation reopens its...
Canada has granted CAD 100,000 ($71,129/ MVR 1 million) to support the Maldives efforts to provide basic services to the homeless and the most vulnerable communities...