The Maldives Plans to Offer COVID-19 Vaccines to Tourists

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This place is in South East Asia, and Philippines and US Citizens can get a visa upon arrival.  Looks like this may be a good solution to meet your Significant Other

 

This country is doing there best to get back open for tourism,  Good For them.

 

This vacation hotspot is offering vaccinations to visitors | CNN Travel

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Keeping an eye on this for sure.

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3 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

This place is in South East Asia...

 

I would not call southwest of India South East Asia.

Edited April 19, 2021 by Talako

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2 hours ago, Talako said:

 

I would not call southwest of India South East Asia.

How bout over yonder on the other side of the world?

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Ive done quite a few trips to the Maldives when Scoot Airlines had direct flights from Singapore to Male.  These were cancelled however, pre-pandemic.

 

The Maldives can be done relatively affordability as they lifted the requirement (quite a long time ago) that foreigners had to stay at a resort.  Probably the easiest island for 1st time visitors is Maafushi.  You can take a ferry or the speedboat to the island and its not that far from the main island of Male.  There are shared speedboats which are about $25-30 per person and 45 minutes away or the ferry runs on certain days but takes 3 hours, but its extremely cheap.  Maafushi also has many hotels on the island and two beaches that foreigners can use.  There are also quite a few eating options.  I found the island to be a decent starting point for those who dont want or have the budget for the resorts.  Hotel prices on that island will range from $60 to $200+ a night, depending on season.  I usually travel to beach areas on the bridge season, usually that week or the gap between low and high season.  Prices are still cheap and the weather is good.

 

The resorts that you see online will vary in price from about $1000 to $12000+ a night.  Through all of the research I did, for me to get something that I would consider worthwhile would cost around $3500+.  Many of the resorts do offer day passes that costs between $100-200 a day per person.  

 

There are alot of other islands but the farther away you are from Male the more expensive it is to get to them.  Some are only accessible by air and flights can run between $200-$400 per person.

 

The Maldives is a dry country so the only places you can get alcohol is on the resorts.  Also, there are designated beaches where bathing suits are allowed as normally you would need to remain fully clothed on the other beaches.  I highly recommend it as a travel destination.  The reefs and snorkeling/diving are incredible.  

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I have heard of a number of Filipina-Foreigner couples meeting in Maldives during the pandemic.  It has become a favored destination for just that.  If the girl can make it out of Manila she is home free for Maldives.

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