Asia Maldives The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation announced a major promotional campaign in Germany ahead of the ITB Berlin 2025 tourism fair to be held 4-6 March
Asia Maldives The Maldives Immigration, referring to the Henley Passport Index, announced that the Maldivian passport was again ranked as the strongest in South Asia
Asia Maldives The National Disaster Management Council has approved the 'Maldives Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy 2024-2030', which focuses primarily on protecting the environment and safeguarding against natural and other disasters
Asia Maldives Amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, which prohibit the import, sale, free distribution and use of vaping devices and electronic cigarettes in the Maldives, came into force on 15 December; already nine persons have been sanctioned
Asia Maldives The country recorded 1,9 million tourist arrivals to date this year, an increase over the previous two years; the largest number of tourist arrivals came from China, 13,4% of the total
Asia Maldives At a press conference on the government's efforts to control tobacco in the Maldives, Minister Nazim mentioned that cessation clinics are in operation and revealed the establishment of helpline 1676
Asia Maldives The Kulhudhuffushi City Knowledge Centre, opened by the municipality, was established together with a public library and a wellness centre; the new space for the community will be hub to foster learning, growth and mutual engagement
Asia Maldives A project to extend ID card and passport services to all atolls by the end of November next year has been unveiled by President Mohamed Muizzu
Asia Maldives 248 political appointees were dismissed from their posts as part of cost-cutting measures announced by President Mohamed Muizzu
Asia Maldives Import duty on cigarettes and vape will double after the parliamentary committee approved the amendments tabled by the government
Asia Maldives The Ministry of Fisheries has opened nominations for the awards given on the occasion of 44th Fishermen's Day, which this year falls on 10 December
Asia Maldives The State Electric Company has planted more than 36.000 trees in the three months since the project to plant 500.000 trees over the next five years was launched in June
Asia Maldives The National University of Maldives has opened applications for its two-year research and book-writing scholarship programme