{"id":6346,"date":"2023-06-25T12:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2023-06-25T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T07:35:43","slug":"govt-collects-mvr-83-1mn-green-tax-in-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6346","title":{"rendered":"Govt collects MVR 83.1mn Green Tax in May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives government collected a total of MVR 83.1 million in green tax in May 2023, reported the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry&#8217;s most recent Green Fund Report, the breakdown is as follows;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total Green Tax:<\/strong> MVR 83,095,791<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tourist Properties (Resorts, Guesthouses and Hotels):<\/strong> MVR 80,594,220<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liveaboards\/Vessels:<\/strong> MVR 2,500,284<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homestay:<\/strong> MVR 1,287<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highest Green Tax Collection (by atoll)<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Kaafu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 29,746,134<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raa Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 8,269,735<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alifu Dhaalu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 6,954,923<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alifu Alifu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 5,906,753<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baa Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 5,158,650<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Lowest Green Tax Collection (by atoll)<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gnaviyani Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 18,824<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faafu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 155,928<\/li>\n<li><strong>Haa Dhaalu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 266,421<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laamu Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 379,474<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thaa Atoll:<\/strong> MVR 471,222<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives government collected a total of MVR 83.1 million in green tax in May 2023, reported the Ministry of Finance. According to the ministry&#8217;s most recent Green Fund Report, the breakdown is as follows; Total Green Tax: MVR 83,095,791 Tourist Properties (Resorts, Guesthouses and Hotels): MVR 80,594,220 Liveaboards\/Vessels: MVR 2,500,284 Homestay: MVR 1,287 Highest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2424,2428,2429],"tags":[335,818,824,835,1356,2102,2135,2159],"class_list":{"0":"post-6346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance","8":"category-public-sector","9":"category-tourism","10":"tag-city-hotels","11":"tag-green-fund","12":"tag-green-tax","13":"tag-guesthouses","14":"tag-maldives-tourism","15":"tag-tourism-and-hospitality","16":"tag-tourist-resorts","17":"tag-travel-and-tourism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Govt collects MVR 83.1mn Green Tax in May 2023 - Maldives Business Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6346\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt collects MVR 83.1mn Green Tax in May 2023 - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Maldives government collected a total of MVR 83.1 million in green tax in May 2023, reported the Ministry of Finance. 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