A record 2025 — and a collapse that arrived from outside. Arrival flows, transit hubs, discounts up to 70% — what it all actually means.
ExploreA record 2025 — and a collapse that arrived from outside. Arrival flows, transit hubs, discounts up to 70%: what it actually means. Three booking windows and the season's strategy.
Read the report →The market is entering its biggest luxury-opening wave in a decade — yet hasn't learned to fill new rooms at premium ADR. KPIs, brands, 2027–2029 scenarios.
Read the report →The densest ultra-luxury opening wave in a decade. 1,000+ new keys, brand debuts, pipeline by atoll and segment. Who wins, who comes under pressure.
Read the report →Fifty years of setting the luxury-tourism standard. Now — the hardest cycle in its history: a record pipeline meets fragile logistics and rising levies.
From 22 tourists on Velingandu in 1972 to 2.25 million in 2025. One island, one resort — a concept many copy and none replicate.
26 atolls, 1,192 islands, 187 inhabited. Every resort is its own island. No neighbours — no competition on the beach.
ADR higher than Monaco's. No city hotels, no mass tourism. The result: occupancy everyone else dreams of.
Direct flights from 35 cities. Seaplane or speedboat defines the price segment. The farther from the airport — the higher the exclusivity.
Dry season: November–April. Wet season: May–October. But even the rainy season brings lower prices, empty beaches and the best surfing.
Underwater villas, private islands, bioluminescence, mantas. The core USP is the absence of an alternative. The Maldives competes with its own former self.
42 resorts · from $800
18 resorts · from $2,500
56 villas · from $1,200
24 resorts · from $900
8 resorts · from $1,500
31 resorts · from $600
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