Irufushi Resort which was developed by Sun Hotels and Resorts is now taken over by Hilton and has been renamed as Hilton Maldives. Hilton has another resort in Maldives known as the Conrad Maldives. I had been to Irufushi Resort during the pre opening time and had a chance to stay there for 3 days. The resort is excellent, white sand and beautiful beaches. This is a very big island with an area of 52 acres of land and is expected to be a popular destination for Honeymooners.

The pre opening team, receiving the guests at the Jetty

Interiors of a bungalow at the Hilton Maldives (Old Irufushi Resort)

Luxury bed at Hilton Maldives

The water bungalows at Hilton Maldives

The dinning Hall at Hilton Maldives

All the pictures above were taken when I traveled to Irufushi during the pre-opening time. Now I think there could be some changes. The tourism in Maldives is seen to be declining due to the World Economic slowdown. The tourist inflow declined by 14% in February 2009 compared to the tourist inflow. Some resorts have even started taking measures for facing this slowdown.

There is a restaurant called Fire (Jungle) in W Resorts Maldives. A lamb being grilled

Select the fish, tiger prawn, etc, tell them how you want it to be cooked, they will do it for you

I ordered, Tiger Prawn, Shrimp, baked with Garlic , spicy

Lamb being Grilled

Select the drink that you want, 15 Under Bar in W Maldives

Great Experience

Stephen , never drank in his life and he is not drunk, just having a look

If you are visiting Maldives, try this great experience.

I am at W Resort in Maldives, which is one of the top and expensive resort. You can find rooms costing more than $10,000 per night here. All sorts of luxury facilities available here. You will also find all top drinks available here, just name it, they will serve it for you.

Just waiting at the Maldivian Air Taxi waiting area to board the sea plane to W Resorts. I find that there are almost no tourist here. Usually it’s crowded during this season.

Is it that the tourism in Maldives has been effected by the global recession. The tourists coming to Maldives are from Europeun countries and almost all the resorts are over booked during this season.
Will keep you updated about this trip. I am posting this using my iPhone, application used is iBlogger

Maldives is one of the top destination for tourists from Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. Maldives has very high class resorts

The Maldives has remained the most popular destination in the Kuoni Longhaul Report, despite not allowing non-Muslims to be married there.

Kuoni head of product Wendy Kenneally said the destination maintained its position in the annual report, which lists the operator’s top-selling destinations, as couples can renew their vows there. It is also the operator’s most popular destination with honeymooning couples.

MALDIVES LIVE: The Maldives retains top spot in Kuoni long haul report

A Maldivian Air Taxi Landing at the Kanuhura Resort in Maldives.

Kanuhura Resort in Maldives is one of the best resorts in Maldives of high standards. Kanuhura belongs to Sun Hotels of Mauritius.

Yes its me

Mr Rajashekharan from Chennai who travelled with me for the official visit

Water Banglows at Kanuhura resort

The Jetty

We are at the MAT seaplane terminal. Tavelling to Palm beach resort and from there in speed launch to Kanuhura resort. We will be returning back to Male’ tomorrow moring. You can see our location in the image which was taken from my iPhone

– Post From My iPhone

Asdu Resort is about 95 minutes from Male’ the distance is about 32 km. This resort is not much costly compared to the other resorts in Maldives.

Sports facilities like Canoeing, Water Skiing, wind surfing, snorkelling are also available in the resort. You can get, Maldivian, Italian and other International dishes at this resort.

Angaga Island Resort is one of the best resort in Maldives. The beaches are wide open and its all around the island. Angaga Island Resort is located in Ari Atoll, which is about 30 minutes fly from Male’ International Airport.

The resort has about 50 air-conditioned bungalows. Bungalows are traditionally styled, bathrooms with open sky.

Facilities like water sports, occasional  disco, night fishing, tennis are available.

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