alcohol in the Maldives
Since a few years, I am spending lots of time in Maldives.
I can confirm / inform you about this :
Import of alcohol is indeed strictly forbidden, also in Male (the capital) and the 1200 odd islands.
Exceptions are (as of now - October 2010) :
a) at the airport is a hotel with restaurant, Holule Island hotel, the only one, where you can buy alcoholic drinks
b) all resorts have bars where alcoholic drinks are available
c) foreigners residing on long term visas can buy a certain amount of alcohol every month - but this can only be done at the same airport, special department
Indeed, in the tax free shops at the airport you can buy alcohol, buts that's only possible while leaving the country.
Next to that, it would be very disrespectful to the warm hospitality of the Maldives to try to smuggle alcohol into the country. I think, if you are not addicted, you can easily live without alcohol for few weeks?
Last edited by Randy Petersen; Oct 11, 2010 at 11:52 am