MALDIVES POSITIVE OCEANS
The Maldives' overall Positive Oceans Index score is 6.8, ranking it in 9th place out of 50 countries
The Maldives is comprises of 1’192 coral islands, out of which 200 are inhabited and 154 with tourist resorts. All of if its tourism is marine and coastal and it relies heavily (96%) on international visitors which contribute to over half of the country’s . All of its tourism ,leisure and recreational infrastructure is purpose built to cater for visitor’s needs.
At A Glance
922'110 km2
Total Marine Estate
0.1%
Marine Protected Areas
0
Sustainable Marine Parks
741
Coastal Tourism Density
2
Recreational Marine
Estate Pressure
Maldives Oceans Scores
biodiversity
diversity of marine species and habitat from recreational perspective
infrastructure
Coastal Tourism Density (number of visitors per coastal kilometre) coastal industries, cruises, waste, water, sanitation.
activites
Recreational Marine Estate Pressure (number of people claiming the marine state by square kilometre) Leisure activities, water sports, etc
conservation
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), fishing impact and conservation legislation
overall score
location ranking
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