Travel & Tourism

The tourism sector has been expanding steadily over the past years. As at the end of March 2020, there were 955 tourist establishments in operation, including 155 resorts, 13 hotels,...

Maldives, a name synonymous with tourism and luxury, has endured in this fast-paced global economy due to the hospitality industry. The helm of this industry is manned by the Tourism...

When one mentions travel market, the image of a bustling symposium, lined with colourful, vibrant stalls, and a thousand hospitality vendors displaying their products and packages for the perusal of...

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has added another 109 rooms to their already impressive 1.02 million capacity globally, by announcing the opening of the latest addition to their hotel chain; Hilton...

Tourist arrivals to the Maldives had historically been dominated by European countries, with the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy taking the top positions. With the explosion of the middle-income classes...

On 27 July 2021, the breaking news coming from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was ground breaking – the most celebrated, and widely recognised as the G.O.A.T in gymnastics, 24-year-old Simone...

The Maldives tourism industry has undergone different development phases since tourism started in the 1970s. With most tourist establishments developed as resorts in separate uninhabited islands, and because of the...

With the establishment of Kurumba Village, the year 1972 marked the phenomenal birth of the Maldives' tourism industry. In 2022, the Maldives will celebrate the golden jubilee of the industry....

Over the past 4 decades, global economic recessions and other economic downturns have imposed a number of complex, interrelated and severe consequences on the Maldivian economy. On each occasion, the...