By the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

World Health Organization Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard

By Academics @ Nextstrain

UNWTO also calls upon the sector and travelers to address this challenge with sound judgment and proportionate measures.

Follow the latest news about coronavirus and its impact on hotels, airlines, cruise lines, tourism destinations, and other sectors of the travel industry.

By Harvard Medical School & Co.

COVID-19 Local Updates - Ministry of Health - Maldives

Analytics, Information and safety

Avas.mv - Maldives news leader

A collection of useful data visualisation regarding the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Singapore.

An interactive timeline chart for Singapore COVID-19 Cases

Emergency finance under the government's stimulus plan to shore up the local economy against the coronavirus pandemic should exclusively be allocated for small and medium enterprises, with resorts given tax breaks instead, a top tourism industry stakeholder said Thursday. An MVR 2.5...

Maldives is cautiously starting to ease its lockdown measures, as the island nation goes days without a new case of the novel coronavirus. A three-hour daily curfew in capital Male and its suburbs of Hulhumale and Villimale, imposed last week, was lifted Thursday. However, a ban on public gat

During the past few weeks, we have had many interesting conversations with hotel owners and directors from various segments who are equally concerned about operating in a slow market after the COVID-19 lockdown is over.

Grant aid of €3 million ($3.28 million), including €2 million ($2.195 million) to the tourism sector, will be provided to support the Maldives' coronavirus prevention and recovery efforts, the European Union announced Thursday. In a statement, the EU said it will provide €1 million...

The government’s COVID-19 relief package sets aside funds for resorts for up to MVR 7.71 million in loans, The Edition reports.  The details of the government’s stimulus package were announced last Tuesday in a press release issued by the ministry of finance. The press release states that...

Marketers have figured out the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic will bring to their brand’s relevance to clients with the change in travel behaviors.

Marketing should be sensitive to the way Americans are feeling.

As travel restrictions from the Coronavirus have spread across the world, it's evident that tourism is currently one of the most affected sectors during this pandemic. In fact the UNWTO has revised its 2020 forecast and estimates that global international tourist arrivals could decline between...

As people across the globe are forced into self-isolation in a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, a new virtual world is evolving and people's attitudes are switching to a new focus at home.

Three leading hoteliers gave crisis recovery advice to hospitality industry leaders in the inaugural I Meet Hotel industry webinar, 8 April, organised by Bidroom. The three gave tips on how to endure the business impact of the virus - and come out the other side ready for recovery. The hoteliers...