Author: Mohamed Reehaan

The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort is offering holidaymakers with balance of activities during the festive holiday season. Moreover, the luxury hotel property reports the festive season offerings include dining experiences among several other delights. The culinary team will be preparing scrumptious meals and exquisite cuisines from gala dinners, beach barbeque, sunset cocktails to oriental delights. As such the three restaurants and the elevated bar at the resort guarantee “memorable culinary experiences in breathtakingly beautiful surroundings.” Furthermore, the cuisines range from refined Japanese delicacies with a seafood focus at The Pearl to healthy, international dishes and all-day dining at the Island…

US-Bangla, the largest private airline in Bangladesh has commenced their direct flights to Maldives. The airline’s maiden voyage to Maldives made landing sometime on Saturday at Velana International Airport (VIA), taking off from Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Meanwhile, the passengers traveling from the flight were greeted by the senior members and staff of Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) upon arrival. Furthermore, US-Bangla will be operating their Boeing 737-800, 189-seater carriers for their direct flight operations between Maldives. Moreover, the airline is scheduled to make three flight landings at Maldives every week, specifically on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

According to the latest statistical updates on the tourist arrivals to the Maldives, the Ministry of Tourism claims a growth on arrivals by 1.2% in November 2021 compared to the same period in 2019. Moreover, the statistics confirm that the total number of tourist arrivals from 01st until 17th November has reached 79,177 whereas, the arrival count reached 78,224 during the same period in 2019. Meanwhile, the arrival total in the review period also observed a significant growth of 345.0% when compared with the same period in 2020, where the arrival total stood at just 17,794. Furthermore, the total number…

Visit Maldives concludes a destination marketing live event in collaboration with Singapore Airlines on Naver Live Shopping; one of the largest e-commerce websites from South Korea. Moreover, the destination promoter confirms that the live event was held on 17th November, Wednesday of the previous week. The campaign involved promotion of images and videos of Maldives before and during the live broadcasting of the event. In addition to this, the audience were informed of the flight schedules between Maldives and South Korea via Singapore Airlines. Furthermore, Visit Maldives notes that the purpose of the event was to create brand and connectivity…

According to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ibrahim Ameer, the Maldivian economy is expected to be the second fastest progressing economy in the world prospectively. The minister stated that as per statistics from International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Maldivian economy will be the fourth fastest to progress in the future, whereas the ministry is hopeful that it will be the second fastest economy. Moreover, Minister Ameer made the comments while talking about the progress made in the financial industry in the country over the last three years, as well as the planned future projects in the field for the upcoming…

According to the latest updates from Ministry of Finance, the cumulative total of state expenditure has reached MVR26,251.4 million (MVR26.3 billion). Moreover, the cumulative total of state revenues inclusive of grants reached MVR16,282.4 million (MVR16.3 billion) as of 11th November 2021. Meanwhile, the overall balance observed a deficit of MVR9,969.0 million (MVR9.96 billion). The cumulative total of tax revenues by the review period reached MVR11,872.2 million (MVR11.9 billion) while the cumulative total of non-tax revenues reached MVR3,886.9 million (MVR3.9 billion). Furthermore, grants received to the state as of 11th November reached MVR519.1 million. On the other hand, the cumulative total…

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island reveals plans to debut the grand relaunch in February 2022 following a multi-million dollar refurbishment. Moreover, the expansive refurbishment includes significant renovation on 50 of the resort’s overwater villas. The villas have been revitalized to include stylish new interiors with integrated indoor-outdoor living spaces and direct access to private sun decks. In addition to this, the dining experiences have been elevated with massive makeovers to three of the resort’s restaurants and bars which include the all-day dining buffet restaurant; Atoll Market, the chilled-out social hub that is the Rangali Bar and the open-air restaurant located at…

Gili Lankanfushi confirms winning the Indian Ocean’s Leading Hotel Residences 2021 and Maldives Leading Green Resort 2021 titles at the World Travel Awards 2021. The top-tier luxury slip is known for its eco-friendly themes and sustainable tourism concepts with key emphasis made on preserving the natural environment and surrounding marine ecosystems. As such, the resort had recently announced planting more than 300 coral lines under its eco-friendly project launched back in 2014. The initiative involves the resort staff and volunteers planting 20-50 small living coral fragments arranged on rope lines at the house reef. Moreover, the resort reports over 12,000…

Visit Maldives has become a member of Australian travel industry’s top global media network, TravMedia. Moreover, Visit Maldives confirms their membership with TravMedia is established as part of the tourism promoter’s efforts to make the island nation a go-to-destination in the Australian market. Moreover, with this membership Visit Maldives aims to increase engagements with Australian tourists and market Maldives as a safe haven for travelers. The membership will help Visit Maldives to distribute destination related information and press releases to 2,200 Australian travel media and industry professionals through email and website feed. Furthermore, the arrangement will allow Visit Maldives priority…

Maldives has participated in an online travel mart organized by the Japanese Association of Travel Agents (JATA). The JATA 2nd Online Mart is organized by the Outbound Travel Promotion Division of JATA, and the event consists of seminars to be held from 16 to 17th November 2021 along with scheduled business meetings from 25th to 26th November. Moreover, the online travel mart aims to connect travel industry professionals from Japan and overseas, providing the opportunity to exchange latest information on border openings, travel restrictions and trends, travel safety protocols as well as the latest updates on destinations attractions. Meanwhile, Visit…