Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency Colombo, July 15 (Reporter Tang Lu) Male News: According to local media reports, an Qatar Airways flight carrying more than 100 tourists arrived early on the 15th on the morning of the 15th. The Maldives Villana International Airport marks the official opening of the border closed by the Maldives due to the new crown epidemic.

Maldives Ministry of Tourism, Market and Public Relations Company and Maldives Airport Co., Ltd. issued a joint press statement on the same day saying that the Maldives has suspended the application of visas to arrival for foreign tourists for nearly 4 months. After strengthening prevention and control measures against the new crown epidemic, the Maldives is now in the Maldives The tourism industry has restarted.
Acting Minister of Tourism Ismail said at a press conference held on the 15th that traveling to the Maldives is safe and the country has testing and reserve facilities that can ensure the safety of tourists.
It is reported that in 2019, the Maldives received a total of 1.7 million tourists. Although the tourism industry was hit by the new crown epidemic, the country still hopes to attract 850,000 tourists in 2020, and hopes that the restart of the tourism industry can promote the rapid recovery of the Maldives economy.
As of July 15, the Maldives had more than 2,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which more than 2,300 were recovered and 14 died.