The press conference was organised in the President's Office, where President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made the announcement that the country will resume issuing tourist visas to South Asian travellers.
Maldives is one of the top beach attractions in the world. The destination has been a saving grace for Indian travellers during the pandemic. But, the second COVID-19 wave in India had been deadly, which forced the Maldives to shut its borders for Indian travellers last month. As the decrease rate of Covid-19 cases in India, Maldives has decided to open borders for Indian's.
As per the reports, the Maldives has been visited by over 400,000 tourists since the beginning of January. Russians have been on top of the chart, followed by Indians.