Ministry of Tourism

• Resorts

• Hotels

• Vessels (liveaboards)

• Guesthouses

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Main Components

▪ Rent deferment on lease by Government

▪ Financial support to properties as soft loans

▪ Income support to employees

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▪ Initial inter-agency deliberations

▪ International best practice review

▪ WHO guidance

▪ Stakeholder consultations

▪ Extensive discussions with health sector

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• Stakeholders from sector components

• Domestic and international airlines

• Airport operators

• Health sector professionals

• Border enforcement agencies

• Individual properties

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• Maldives is a low density tourism

destination

• The unique geography of the country makes

it easy to contain any outbreaks.

• Resorts in particular are very low density

accommodation which makes social

distancing possible without major

operational changes or capacity reductions.

• Screening for symptoms upon arrival

• Isolation and testing of symptomatic travelers

• Social distancing in airport with reduced capacity

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• Conventional aircraft

• Seaplanes

• Speedboats / Yachts

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• All passengers will be required to

sanitize their hands and wear a mask

prior to boarding a vessel or aircraft.

• Seating arrangements are to be

identified prior to boarding in case

contact tracing needs to be done.

• Masks are to be worn in

circumstances where physical

distancing is not possible and in

enclosed spaces.

• Good hand hygiene to be followed.

• Any exhibition of symptoms to be

reported to the facility and isolation

procedures to be followed strictly

while waiting for screening results.

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• If any symptoms are exhibited by a tourist or staff

member they will be immediately isolated and

arrangements will be made for a PCR test.

• Close contacts will be identified and quarantined

until the test results are received.

• If the PCR test is negative, the symptomatic tourist

will be restricted from using common facilities and

attending public places. However, they will still be

allowed to use private beaches on resorts.

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• Resorts are allowed to host tourists even if they have

tested positive if the required medical facilities are

available on site.

• However, tourists lodging in guesthouses, vessels,

hotels and resorts without requisite medical facilities

for COVID-19 management will be transferred to

dedicated facilities.

• The government is working on locally providing

insurance packages for travelers which will cover the

costs of treatment.

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• Commonly touched surfaces are to be

disinfected every 4 hourly as a minimum.

• Dining chairs, tables and items such as bicycles

and trolleys should be disinfected after every

use.

• Hand washing or sanitisation facilities will be

provided at the entrances to common areas.

• Laundry will be done according to medically

sufficient standards (with appropriate

disinfectants).

Mohamed Khussan

Phone:

+9607684940Email:Mohamed.Khussan@tourism.gov.mv