There are four hotels on Malé and one on Gan; there are also a large number of guest houses on Malé, although most visitors stay on resort islands. There are no guest houses or self-catering facilities on any of the resort islands.

There are over 90 resorts which vary from extravagantly luxurious to fairly simple. Accommodation almost invariably consists of thatch-roofed coral cabanas with ensuite facilities. Most of the resorts have air-conditioned rooms with mini-bar, although some of the resorts still have fan-cooled rooms. Many resort groups have recently installed desalination plants to provide clean tap water. The resorts are fully integral communities with sport and leisure facilities including scuba-diving and snorkelling, restaurants and bars and, in some cases, a shop and/or disco. A few islands have more than one resort and these generally range in size from six to 250 units, with most having 30 to 100 units. There is a shop on every resort island. Different islands tend to attract different nationalities.

Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI)
3rd Floor, Gadhamoo Buliding, Malé, Maldives
Tel: 326 640 or 321 701.
E-mail: mati@dhivehinet.net.mv