Maldives Travel Guide: Visa Details, COVID-19 Rules, RTPCR Test and Everything You Need to Know

Maldives Travel: If your travel-hungry soul craves a trip to the Maldives to unwind and rejuvenate, you’re in luck! Here is your guide before you plan your trip to this amazing place!

In the past few months, the Maldives has become a favorite holiday destination not only for Bollywood celebrities but also for many travel enthusiasts. The Indian Ocean island nation welcomes tourists with open arms, tempting us with sun-kissed selfies, white-sand beaches and bikini snaps. If your travel-hungry soul is itching to head to the Maldives to unwind and rejuvenate, you’re in luck! Thanks to the air travel bubble agreement now, you can travel to the Maldives.

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India-Maldives bubble deal:

India has a bubble agreement with the Maldives. Indian and Maldives airlines are now permitted to operate flights between India and Maldives.

Arrival visa

Maldives provides visa on arrival. Yes, you read that right! The best part? Resorts in the Maldives are safely spread across the different islands.

Visitors entering the Maldives must undergo a COVID-19 test:

All tourists are required to have a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test (PCR test) before entering the Maldives.

Requirements for pre-arrival PCR testing:

According to Thomas Cook regulations, to enter the Maldives, a PCR test sample must be collected no more than 72 hours before the scheduled departure time from the first port of embarkation to the Maldives. Children under one year do not need to be tested for COVID-19. For passengers who transit during the journey, the initial PCR test is valid if the transit does not exceed 24 hours. If the passenger transit time exceeds 24 hours, the passenger must take the PCR test again within 72 hours before boarding the ship at the transit port.

Mandatory restrictions on travel within the Maldives for tourists with COVID-19:

If you test positive when entering an island, visitors must abide by the HPA’s restrictions on inter-island travel.

Entry into the Maldives and airport public health interventions:

–before traveling to the maldives

a) Passengers traveling to and from the Maldives should submit a self-health declaration within 24 hours before travel. This health declaration must be completed and submitted electronically through the Maldives Immigration Online Portal.

b) People who have been in contact with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and/or have fever or respiratory symptoms such as cough, sore throat, shortness of breath in the past 14 days should not travel to the Maldives.

c) All visitors are advised to install the contact tracing app “TraceEkee”.

Happy holidays to you!