Maldives ready to reignite tourism, Minister assures

Minister of Tourism Ali Waheed, on Wednesday, confirmed that safety measures for restarting tourism, currently in-stasis due to the global pandemic, would carry on with the same vigour seen across Maldives’ COVID-19 response.

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An aerial view of a winding stretch of beach, pearly white-sand pathway leading into the gradient of blues - and image that is deeply associated with Maldives. PHOTO: VISIT MALDIVES

Rae Munavvar

2020-06-25 17:56:22

Minister of Tourism Ali Waheed, on Wednesday, confirmed that safety measures for restarting tourism, currently in-stasis due to the global pandemic, would carry on with the same vigour seen across Maldives’ COVID-19 response.

Speaking at the regularly-held press briefing hosted by National Emergency Operations Centre, Minister Waheed said that if Maldives doubles its collective effort to ensure health safety, the probability that borders would have to be closed again was “much lower”.

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