Tourism Ministry to Dispatch Mobile Teams to meet Service Providers


Maldives
PUBLISHED December 19, 2018

Minister of Tourism Ali Waheed has announced that mobile teams would be travelling to outer islands in order to deliver services provided by the Ministry of Tourism. 

Minister Ali Waheed made the statement during an official trip to Rasdhoo in Alifu Alifu Atoll. 

The tourism minister stated the goal of the Maldivian Government is to decentralise services and get rid of the custom where people have to travel to the capital city of the Maldives for all services. He explained that the mobile team will be visiting islands, resorts and safari vessels and other sites where tourism-related activities are being carried out.

The government has pledged to promote and enhance the tourism sector of the Maldives with new initiatives and more funding.

Dozens of uninhabited islands to local and foreign resort developers over the past five years and a number of international brands have entered into the Maldivian market increasing the number of resorts. More resorts are expected to open over the next two years, increasing the numbers yet again.

Along with the new resort openings, the guesthouse sector is also rapidly expanding in order to meet the increasing demand from budget travellers who choose guesthouses over luxury resorts that the Maldives is known for.

The Maldives welcomed the one-millionth visitor of 2018 in September. Efforts have been taken this year to increase the promotion of the destination in key markets such as China and the Middle East in order to reach an ambitious target of a record 1.5 million tourist arrivals.

According to the latest figures, total arrivals for the past 10 months of the year increased by 7.3 per cent to reach 1,207,852 compared to the 1,125,995 in the same period of last year.
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