New tourism company evaluating bids for picnic island near Malé
The Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation is evaluating bids for developing a picnic island for public use after reclaiming seven hectares from the Galufalhu lagoon near Malé.
22 May 2017, 9:00 AM
A state-owned tourism company is evaluating bids for developing a picnic island for public use after reclaiming seven hectares from the Galufalhu lagoon near Malé.
The Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation sought expressions of interest in late March and offered as an incentive a 50-year lease to develop a tourist resort on a portion of the reclaimed island.
An MITDC official told the Maldives Independent that the company is evaluating proposals but declined to provide further information.
The islands of Kuda Bandos and Feydhoo Finolhu, previously used as picnic islands by the residents of the congested capital city, were controversially leased for resort development. Malé lacks a natural beach and its thousands of inhabitants flock to the suburban islands of Hulhumalé and Vilimalé on weekends.
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