Notice sent to Yacht tours to hand over Alidhoo and Kudarah to the govt

Government has sent notice to Yacht Tours owned by Kaashidhoo constituency MP Abdullah Jaabir to hand over Alidhoo and Kudarah operated by the company to the government.

The government made the notice after revoking the licences of the two resorts operated by MP Jaabir’s company after the company failed to pay the overdue rents and fines to the state.

Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Adheeb said that Alidhoo and Kudarah operated by the Yacht Tours have failed to pay large sums of overdue rents and fines. He said that earlier there were 12 resorts who had not settled their rents but all except Alidhoo and Kudarah made the payments when they were given a notice of 30 days.

Minister Adheeb said that the company was given notice of seven days regarding the decision to revoke the operation license of the two resorts. He said that the Yacht Tours is expected to hand over the two islands within seven days to the government.

The Minister said that the licence of Farukolhufushi was also revoked. He said that the licenses of resorts that have proper communication with the Ministry are not terminated. He said that such companies have been given alternate ways to settle their payments.