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Good evening · Thursday 12 November · Maldives time
Week in brief
Weather
28°C
Overcast · feels like 32°
Sunrise & sunset
05:52–17:48
Calculated for Malé
Dollar 23.59 street, a crowd’s report 15.42 official, MMA · 30 Sep

Weather is a model’s estimate for Malé from Open-Meteo, not a Met Service report.

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  1. President Muizzu Establishes Advisory Council of State Dignitaries 6 outlets
  2. Global Zero Waste Alliance: First Lady highlights marine protection 4 outlets
  3. President Muizzu meets world leaders on sidelines of COP31 3 outlets

Happening todayThursday, 12 November was declared a government holiday, combining with the Republic Day holiday on 11 November.

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Total index 109.09Index Sep 2026 · MMA up+0.3% vs previous up+1.2% vs a year earlier Inflation rate 1.17% Sep 2026 · MMA up+0.4 pts vs previous down-2.6 pts vs a year earlier Total tourist arrivals 148,801Tourists Sep 2026 · MMA down-23.8% vs previous down-0.5% vs a year earlier Occupancy rate 44.10% Sep 2026 · MMA down-14.8 pts vs previous down-2.6 pts vs a year earlier

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234 promises4 kept · 0 broken
Due in the next 30 days Deliver the Healthy Senior Citizens Programme, running for …Due in 4 daysComplete its examination of the proposed MVR 59.7 billion S…Due in 7 daysGenerate 1,500 job opportunities for young people and give …Due in 2 weeks Past their deadline1 promise

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Tourism & hospitality Maldives Welcomes Over 194,000 Tourists in October The Maldives Journal 194,039 visitors Tourist arrivals in October 2026 Source (opens The Maldives Journal in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality Maldivian bolsters luxury tourism with new King Air 360 aircraft 3 outlets : Adhadhu (English), The Edition, Corporate Maldives 2020 year year King Air 360 model designed … Source (opens Adhadhu (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax Bill to scrap GST on inbound tourism services sent to Committee 2 reports : One Online Baarah 47 MPs MPs who voted supporting the refe… Source (opens One Online in a new tab)
Construction & property Transparency expresses concern over detained expats 2 outlets : The Edition, Raajje (English) around 21 expatriate workers reportedly tak… Source (opens The Edition in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality High Court rules termination of Dhiffushi lagoon resort development agreement was unlawful 2 outlets : Raajje (English), The Edition Dhiffushi 50 years Lease term of the agreement for K… Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Finance & banking · Opinion 11/17 advisories spark questions as nations issue identical preparedness messages Sun English Source (opens Sun English in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality October Tourist Arrivals Rise Just 0.2% From Last Year Corporate Maldives 329 tourists, or 0.2 per cent Change in October tourist arrival… Source (opens Corporate Maldives in a new tab)
Finance & banking Government to provide guarantee for BML sukuk Adhadhu (English) $300 million Sukuk size sought by BML Source (opens Adhadhu (English) in a new tab)
Construction & property Christie's Real Estate expands services to Maldives The Edition Malé more than 125 independent brokerages in Christi… Source (opens The Edition in a new tab)
Construction & property Nasheed backs Eagle Hills Rasmalé project, urges party to drop baseless claims 6 outlets : Atoll Times, The Edition, Adhadhu (English) and 3 more USD 20 billion Residency tourism investment in R… Source (opens One Online in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality Oceania tourist arrivals rise 20% following launch of direct flights MM TV (English) Malé 40,481 tourists Tourist arrivals from Oceania, Ja… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax Tourism contributes MVR 14.3 billion to State revenue MM TV (English) MVR 14.3 billion Tourism contribution to governmen… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)

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