First ‘integrated resort’ opens in Maldives
Nine islands were reclaimed from a lagoon near Malé.
24 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
The country’s first “integrated resort” opened at the reclaimed Emboodhoo lagoon near the capital last week.
The Crossroads project by Thai developer Singha Estate is the largest tourism-related project undertaken in the Maldives. Two of nine artificial islands reclaimed from the lagoon were officially opened on Thursday by Vice President Faisal Naseem.
According to a press release by Singha Estate, the first island is home to Marina at Crossroads, an 11,000 square meter retail and entertainment space with “luxury shopping, fine dining, a state-of-the-art event hall, and PADI-certified water sports and dive centre.”
The SAii Lagoon Maldives transit hotel by Hilton for short-term visitors stopping over at the Velana International Airport is also located on the first island. Both the capital city and airport island are a 15-minute speedboat ride from Crossroads. A ferry is due to operate daily between Malé and Crossroads from 10am to 12am.
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