Maldives: cần biết gì trước chuyến đi

Nhập cảnh và thị thực

Maldives grants a free 30-day tourist visa on arrival to all nationalities except holders of Israeli passports. You need a passport valid at least 1 month (airlines may require 6), a confirmed return ticket, a prepaid booking at a registered resort/hotel/guesthouse, sufficient funds and a completed IMUGA Traveller Declaration. Extensions are applied for via IMUGA.

Tờ khai và giấy phép trực tuyến

• IMUGA Traveller Declaration ↗ bắt buộc
  Online within 96 hours before arrival · Phí: Free · All arriving travellers, each person including children; no departure declaration needed since Aug 2024.

Thời hạn hộ chiếu: At least 1 month beyond stay (many airlines require 6 months).

Tại cửa khẩu có thể được hỏi

• Show IMUGA QR code, hotel booking and return ticket.
• Resort transfers (speedboat/seaplane) are arranged by your resort—send flight details in advance; seaplanes don't fly after dark.
• Yellow fever certificate if arriving from a risk country.

Hải quan

• Prohibited: alcohol, pork and pork products, pornography, idols for worship, drugs and vapes/e-cigarettes.
• Vapes are confiscated at the airport (receipt given to reclaim on departure).
• Tobacco allowance: 200 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 250 g tobacco (only for those born before 2007).
• Bibles for personal use are allowed; religious material for distribution is not.

Kiểm tra ngày 29 tháng 10, 2026 · Nguồn: imuga.immigration.gov.mv ↗, resortlife.travel ↗, euronews.com ↗, velana.macl.aero ↗, customs.gov.mv ↗, gov.uk ↗

Tiền

Hầu như nơi nào cũng trả bằng thẻ. Thẻ được chấp nhận hầu như khắp nơi.

Mạng thanh toán: Visa, Mastercard, Amex

Apple Pay — chưa có dữ liệu · Google Pay — chưa có dữ liệu

Nơi nên đổi tiền

• At resorts you rarely need cash—bills are charged to the room in USD
• On local islands pay in USD or change at Bank of Maldives branches in Malé

Nơi không nên đổi

• Exchanging large amounts into rufiyaa (hard to change back abroad)
• Unofficial changers in Malé

Cây ATM: ATMs are in Malé, Hulhumalé, the airport and larger local islands (Bank of Maldives); none on most resort islands.

Tiền boa: Resorts and hotels add a 10% service charge plus 17% T-GST; additional tips for butlers, room attendants and dive guides (often USD 10–20 per day or per stay) are customary.

• US dollars are accepted almost everywhere; bring clean small USD notes for tips.
• Green tax is charged per person per night (USD 12 at resorts, USD 6 at small guesthouses from 2025) and usually added to the bill.
• Russian-issued Visa/Mastercard cards do not work abroad; prepay the resort or bring cash.

Kiểm tra ngày 29 tháng 10, 2026 · Nguồn: thepointsguy.com ↗, mira.gov.mv ↗, mma.gov.mv ↗

Văn hóa và trang phục

Tôn giáo: Sunni Islam is the state religion; citizens are by law Muslim (practically 100%).

Trang phục: Resorts: anything goes except nudity. Local islands and Malé: cover shoulders and knees; bikinis only on designated bikini beaches. Mosques: modest clothing, women cover hair; non-Muslims may visit only some mosques outside prayer times.

Phép lịch sự

• Ask before photographing locals.
• Friday is the weekly holy day; many shops close during prayers.
• Use the right hand for giving and eating.
• Respect marine life: don't stand on coral or feed fish.

Kiểm tra ngày 29 tháng 10, 2026 · Nguồn: visitmaldives.com ↗, gov.uk ↗

Khí hậu

Hot all year (27–31°C, water ~28°C). Dry north-east monsoon (Iruvai) Dec–Apr with calm seas and best visibility; wetter south-west monsoon (Halhangu) May–Nov with showers, wind and better surf; manta and whale shark seasons vary by atoll.

Mùa đẹp nhất: January to April for sunshine and calm seas; May–October for surfing and lower prices.

Kiểm tra ngày 29 tháng 10, 2026 · Nguồn: meteorology.gov.mv ↗, visitmaldives.com ↗

Nên mang

• Plug adapter (types D, G, often universal sockets at resorts; 230V)
• Reef-safe sunscreen, rash guard and hat
• Snorkel mask (resorts lend, but fit matters)
• Modest clothes covering shoulders and knees for local islands and Malé
• Small USD notes for tips
• Motion-sickness tablets for speedboats
• Waterproof phone pouch

Không nên mang / cấm mang vào

• Alcohol (confiscated at customs)
• Pork products
• Vapes and e-cigarettes
• Religious idols or material for distribution
• Drones without CAA permission

Thông tin thiết thực

Ổ cắm: Types D and G (resorts often have universal sockets); 230V 50Hz

Nước: Resorts provide desalinated/filtered drinking water; on local islands drink bottled or filtered water.

Giao thông: đi bên trái

Di động và eSIM: Dhiraagu and Ooredoo tourist SIMs at Velana airport; resort Wi-Fi varies.

Ứng dụng: WhatsApp, Maldivian (domestic flights), Windy, Google Maps

Sức khỏe: Healthcare beyond Malé is limited; resorts have a doctor or nurse, serious cases need transfer to Malé or abroad. Dengue occurs. Divers: Maldives has hyperbaric chambers but plan for no-fly time.

Bảo hiểm: Not required for entry; strongly recommended including diving and evacuation (seaplane/air ambulance is very expensive).

Khẩn cấp: Police 119; Ambulance 102; Fire 118; Coast Guard 191

Kiểm tra ngày 29 tháng 10, 2026 · Nguồn: gov.uk ↗, wwwnc.cdc.gov ↗