The Maldives has been welcoming tourists for many decades and as a nation highly dependent on tourism they value and encourage sustainable tourism. Present-day visitors are well aware of this and seek properties and countries that support sustainable tourism such as the Maldives for their travel.
Many of the resorts are committed towards this cause and have taken a conscious effort to preserve the natural features of the environment by adopting eco-friendly processes like having water bottling plants with glass bottles, and metal straws, phasing out single-use plastic ware, deployment of a marine biologist to maintain the well-being of marine life and coral propagation at those resorts having house reefs. Visitors can view some of these processes during their stay and affirm their commitment towards sustainable tourism.