Published on : Thursday, February 11, 2021
A typical welcome at a luxury resort in the Maldives used to involve a contingent of happy staff, fresh-from-the-palm-tree coconut water and a traditional boduberu drum performance. However, recent arrivals might experience a different picture – conveyed immediately from the arrival to your place of stay.
If guests test positive, they are obliged to quarantine in their villas. If the results are negative, the doors are opened to a much-missed “old normal”.
Guests can roam around the private island as they like. However, there’s extra security at every point.
In-room testing procedure involves an extra layer of security. At the airport, all tourists arriving in the Maldives must produce a proof of a negative PCR test taken within the 96 hours before they boarded their flight.
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