Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is part of the Maldivian Executive branch responsible to develop the Maldivian tourism industry. The tourism ministry monitors the tourism sector and regulates it. The tourism ministry was introduced in 1965 shortly after the independence of Maldives.

Formed30 June 1965 (1965-06-30)

JurisdictionGovernment of the Maldives

Headquarters

• 5th Floor, H. Velaanaage, Ameeru Ahmed Magu, Male' 20096, Maldives

AnnualbudgetMVR 48.5 million^[1]

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Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation

ފަތުރުވެރިކަމާއި މަދަނީ އުދުހުންތަކާ ބެހޭ ވުޒާރާ Fathuruverikamaai Madhanee Udhuhunthakaa Behey Vuzaaraa
Agency overview
Formed	30 June 1965 (1965-06-30)
Jurisdiction	Government of the Maldives
Headquarters	5th Floor, H. Velaanaage, Ameeru Ahmed Magu, Male' 20096, Maldives
Annual budget	MVR 48.5 million[1]
Minister responsible	Mohamed Ameen[2]
Deputy Ministers responsible	Ibrahim Yoosuf Fulhu[3] Mohamed Yamin Ahmed[3] Nashima Abdul Latheef[3]
Agency executives	Uz. Ahmed Nazim Mohamed[4], Minister of State for Tourism Haris Mohamed, Minister of State for Tourism
Website	tourism.gov.mv
Footnotes
Tourism is the largest public sector in the Maldives

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The Ministry awards the 1,000,000th tourist of every year to visit Maldives.^[5]

In February 2025, the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy and formed the Ministry of Tourism and Environment.^[6] The merger came with major backlash from the public as many viewed this as the government not caring about tourism.^[7] It also sparked fear about potential collapse of environmental oversight in the country.^[8]

In April 2026, the ministry was renamed to the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, with President Mohamed Muizzu appointing Mohamed Ameen as the minister.^[9]