The number of tourist facilities currently operational across the Maldives, has increased.

This was revealed by the latest daily statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday.

As such, the ministry’s figures revealed that as of December 26, the number of operational tourist accommodation facilities across the Maldives increased from 1,135 to 1,143.

The guesthouses span across 113 islands of 20 atolls, with hotels operational across eight islands of eight atolls.

Presently, a total of 61,602 tourist beds are in operation across these facilities, which include 176 resorts, 807 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 146 live-aboard vessels.

The beds operational across these facilities include 43,279 in resorts, 1,940 in hotels, 13,609 in guesthouses and 2,774 in live-aboard vessels.

Maldives currently has a capacity of 1,147 tourist facilities which include 146 safari vessels, 807 guesthouses, 14 hotels and 180 resorts. This means that of the total facility capacity, four resorts have yet to resume operations.