The Maldives will reopen its tourist resorts from mid-July after a months-long virus-enforced shutdown, the country's president said Tuesday, adding that international travellers would be welcomed to the Indian Ocean holiday hotspot.
"The country will reopen its borders for international travel, and the government will allow resorts to welcome visitors from July 15," President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih told reporters in the capital Male. Visitors showing virus symptoms or with high fevers would be tested for the infectious disease at the airport, officials said.
Tourists were stranded in the Maldives when international flights were halted from late March to combat the spread of the virus.International flights have not yet resumed, although charters and special flights are permitted to arrive and leave the main airport in Male.