First cruise liner of 2024 in Maldives; from India
The Tour Operators Association of India said on Sunday that the campaign calling for a boycott of Maldives will show its impact within the next 20 days
By
Aishath Fareeha Abdulla
The first cruise liner to dock in Maldives this year arrived on Monday .
Italian cruise liner, Costa Serena arrived in Maldives Monday morning from Cochin, India.
The cruise liner will depart Monday evening, having come to the Maldives after docking in Mumbai and Goa.
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The 3,000-passenger cruise liner arrived in Maldives after a campaign was launched in India to urge its citizens not to come to Maldives for holidays
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The Tour Operators Association of India said on Sunday that the campaign calling for a boycott of Maldives will show its impact within the next 20 days
While the first cruise liner of the year arrived on Monday, the regulations issued last September to raise fees for vessels such as foreign yachts, cruise liners and safaris arriving in the country were revised this month.
According to the new rules, passenger liners arriving in Maldives for a period of less than seven days will be exempt from the USD 100 per day fee for docking or operating in Maldivian territory.
In addition, the vessels will not be required to obtain a charter license.
Although docking and driving fees are exempted, passenger liners arriving for less than seven days will still have to pay a fee of USD 850 per day.
