COVID-19 Updates - 27th June 2022
Circular: Departure PCR for Tourists
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Facilities and Transit Facilities [April 14, 2022]
Guidance for International Travelers to the Maldives
Circular: Revised PCR Test requirement [March 04 2022]
Circular: Revised procedure for testing for Covid-19 and Quarantine durations [February 02 2022]
Circular: Revised guidelines on Quarantine/Isolation duration [January 13 2022]
Circular: Change in Re-testing policies of PCR test [January 08 2022]
Circular: Update on Travel Restrictions regarding the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant [December 27 2021]
Circular: Updated Travel Restrictions regarding the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant [November 28 2021]
COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Criteria for Permitting Tourist Arrivals
Circular: Update on Travel Restriction [July 23 2021]
Circular: Inspection of tourist facilities accommodating South Asian tourists for transit purpose [July 16 2021]
Circular: Update on Eases granted for Travel Restrictions [July 07, 2021]
Circular: Update on Travel Restriction for South Asian Countries [July 02, 2021]
Circular: Halting the issuance of Tourist Visa to travelers from South Asian countries [May 11, 2021]
Circular: Update on Travel Restriction for South Asian Countries [May 08, 2021]
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Facilities and Transit Facilities [May 5, 2021]
Circular: Update on Negative PCR test for Covid-19 requirement on arrival [May 01, 2021]
Circular: Implementation of additional measures towards Travelers from India [April 25, 2021]
Circular: Revision to Ease of Travel Restriction [April 21, 2021]
Circular: Ease of Travel Restriction [April 16, 2021]
Circular: Travel to local islands for the Local Council Election [April 9, 2021]
Circular: Emergence of the new strain of Covid-19 in South Africa [April 3, 2021]
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Resorts, Yacht Marinas, Tourist Hotels, Tourist Vessels, Tourist Guesthouses, Transit Facilities and Foreign Vessels [March 16, 2021]
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Resorts, Yacht Marinas, Tourist Hotels, Tourist Vessels, Tourist Guesthouses, Transit Facilities and Foreign Vessels [March 14, 2021]
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Resorts, Yacht Marinas, Tourist Hotels, Tourist Vessels, Tourist Guesthouses, Transit Facilities and Foreign Vessels [March 08, 2021]
Approved Opening dates of Tourist Facilities and Transit Facilities [February 28, 2021]
HPA - Covid-19 latest updates
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure]
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure for India]
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure in German]
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure in French]
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure in Russian]
Maldives: A Safe Haven for Travellers [Brochure in Japanese]
Updates on the COVID-19 Situation in the Maldives [November 26, 2020]
Guideline for re-opening of tourist guest houses and hotels in Greater Male’ area [December 13, 2020]
Public Health Interventions to Prevent COVID-19 Transmission in the Tourism Sector [September 28, 2020]
Circular: Change of procedure for staff and worker's travel between Resorts [Jan 19, 2021]
Circular: Increasing and Improving Security Measures at Tourist Establishments [December 25, 2020]
Circular: Emergence of the new strain of Covid-19 [December 22, 2020]
Circular: Random testing of staff in Tourist Facilities [November 07, 2020]
Circular: Re-opening of Tourist Hotels & Guesthouses in the Greater Male' Area (Male', Hulhumale' & Villimale') [December 8, 2020]
Circular: Air Suvidha and IMUGA Forms [December 5, 2020]
Circular: Update on Negative PCR test cor COVID-19 requirement [October 15, 2020]
Circular: Operation of Guesthouses and Hotels in Greater Male Area [September 15, 2020]
Transit Facility Rules [September 14, 2020]
Update Circular: Negative PCR test result requirement for tourists arriving to the Maldives [September 08, 2020]
PROCEDURES FOR TOURISTS TRAVEL MOVEMENT BETWEEN INTER-TOURIST FACILITIES - FOR RESORTS
Press Release: Introducing 'Split Stay' for tourists visiting the Maldives [August 31, 2020]
COVID-19 PCR Testing [August 10, 2020]
STATEMENTS
MMPRC - Press Release on Resuming Tourism in the Maldives with the Launching of "Rediscover Maldives...the Sunny Side of Life" [July 15, 2020]
Ministry of Tourism, MMPRC and MACL - Statement on Maldives Welcomes Back First Tourists [July 15, 2020]
MMPRC – Press Release on Reopening Maldives for International Tourists on 15th July 2020 [June 23, 2020]
Ministry of Tourism - Statement on restarting Maldives Tourism [June 23, 2020]
Phased opening of the tourism sector set for July [June 3, 2020]
Circular: Covid-19: Employees Returning Back to Resort for Work [June 3, 2020]
Statement on Restarting Maldives Tourism [May 30, 2020]
Statement by the Minister of Tourism His Excellency Ali Waheed at the Commonwealth's Virtual Seminar on the Impact of Tourism [May 27, 2020]
Statement on COVID-19 [May 5, 2020]
Statement on COVID-19 [April 11, 2020]
Situation Report on COVID-19 [April 29, 2020]
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Maldives will be reopening its borders to tourists of all nationalities on 15th July 2020. There will be no further incoming travel restrictions to the country. Read the full statement by the Ministry of Tourism here.
RESTRICTIVE MEASURES WITHIN MALDIVES
- State of Public Health Emergency declared from March 12, 2020
- Travel between resorts. safaris and inhabited islands restricted from March 12, 2020
- All excursion activities within Maldives banned from March 13, 2020
- Tourist check in to guest houses and city hotels in Greater Malé Region (Malé, Villimalé and Hulhumalé) suspended from March 14, 2020
- Tourist check in to guest houses and city hotels nationwide suspended from March 17, 2020
- All non-essential travel between islands restricted from April 17, 2020
- Resorts, hotels and liveaboards located in uninhabited islands are to resume operations on 15th July 2020
- Hotels and guest houses located in inhabited islands are to resume operations on 1st August 2020
MAP OF MALDIVES
THE ISLANDS AND RESORTS ARE NATURALLY SELF-ISOLATED
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 WHILE IN MALDIVES, CALL
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- If a case of COVID-19 is identified in a tourist facility, procedures are set in place for the property to work with the government of Maldives to ensure safe return of unaffected tourists to their home country.
- The government of Maldives is closely monitoring and enforcing measures to prevent any effective community spread of the virus.