Covid-19 Update: A Message to our Guests

We are committed to safeguarding guests’ safety, health and wellbeing through our ‘Stay with Peace of Mind’ initiative. We have taken extra measures to reflect the advice and guidance of the World Health Organization, Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the local authority.

To help address concerns you may have regarding your upcoming travel to the Maldives, we have prepared the following guide for every stage of your journey. 

Before Departure to Maldives

• All tourist arrivals to the Maldives, including travellers who have completed their prescribed doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate. 

• The PCR test certificate must be in English and conducted a maximum of 96 hours prior to the scheduled time of your departure flight to the Maldives, from your first point of embarkation. The test certificate must contain the following 

information:

1. Name of the passenger (name as in passport) 
2. Passport number/National identification number 
3. Name and address of the testing laboratory
4. Type of test stated as a PCR test 
5. Date and time of sampling 
6. Test result

• The PCR test result should be submitted through the https://imuga.immigration.gov.mv  within 24 hours prior to 
• departure to Maldives. In addition, the lab result should be presented in paper or electronic format during the airline 
• check-in.
• If the tourist makes a transit during the journey, the initial PCR test will be valid if the transit does not exceed 24 hours.
• If the tourist makes a transit exceeding 24 hours, the passenger must repeat the PCR test within 96 hours prior to embarkation at the port of transit.
• Tourists are allowed to split stays between hotels. However, if you spend more than 48 hours in the Greater Malé area, you must take another PCR test before moving elsewhere.
• All team members have received enhanced COVID-19-related health and safety training, including correct procedures for wearing masks and personal protective equipment and physical distancing awareness. Our staffs’ temperature is checked twice a day to ensure your safety.

On Arrival to Maldives

• All tourists are granted a 30-day free visa upon arrival.
• Quarantine upon arrival is not required. However, if the passenger has a fever, cough or shortness of breath on board the flight or upon arrival, it should be informed to the local Health Protection Agency.
• All tourists must undergo thermal screening at the arrival terminal.
• All tourists should wear masks.
• Hands should be sanitized. Hand sanitization and hygiene facilities are available throughout the airport.
• Physical distancing should be ensured. All physical distancing guidelines are clearly marked with visible
• distance information and floor markings in passenger terminals.
• All tourists are encouraged to install the ContactTracing app “TraceEkee.

Departure from Maldives

• Tourists must undergo an exit screening prior to departure from the resort. This is to ensure that a symptomatic person or a person in quarantine does not exit the resort and travel. 
• The exit screening questionnaire should document any history of fever or respiratory symptoms such as cough or shortness of breath within the past 14 days. It should be ensured that the guest is not under quarantine or isolation. Temperature should be checked to exclude fever.
• A tourist who is under quarantine or isolation should not be allowed to exit the resort except for a medical emergency. Routine testing for COVID-19 is not required prior to departure from a resort, however during exit screening if any tourist is found to have fever or symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 within the prior 14 days, they must undergo PCR testing for COVID19.
• For tourists who require COVID-19 test results to return to their countries of origin or another destination, testing services are available in the Maldives. This can be arranged through the destination or resort representative.