Govt. planning to lease 4 islands for tourism

The Tourism Ministry of Maldives is planning to lease four islands of the Maldives for tourism purposes. 

The Ministry said that the four islands will be leased from four different atolls. The islands are to be announced on December 27.

4 New Islands to be open for tourism development on 27th December 2020#Maldives #Tourism #Investment pic.twitter.com/MztSFvlqeM

— Ministry of Tourism (@MoTmv) December 24, 2020

The government has previously announced 29 islands to be leased for tourism purposes. This was around December 2019 during the tenure of Ali Waheed as Tourism Minister.

The government estimates that the new islands, once developed will come with a bed capacity of 13,720.