Best Dives Maldives is Leading Water Sports Centre at South Asian Travel Awards

Scuba Diving in Maldives

11.10.2018

Best Dives Maldives has been named the leading water sports centre in South Asia for the second consecutive year.

At the SATA 2018 gala held at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on September 15, Best Dives won two accolades: the Leading Activity / Water Sports Centre in South Asia and Maldives.

Best Dives, a multi-centre dive and water sports operator based in resorts across six atolls, was founded in 2003. The company has grown to operate dive and water sports centres, excursions and luxury yacht charters at several luxury resorts across the Maldives, including Jumeirah Vittaveli, Centara Grand Island Resort, Centara Ras Fushi Island Resort and Spa, Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort, and Fushifaru Maldives.

Best Dives has also recently inked a deal with Thailand’s premier property development company Singha Estate to provide dive and water sports services at its upcoming CROSSROADS integrated tourism destination in the Maldives.

As part of its CSR programme, Best Dives leads a coral restoration project together with the resorts it operates in. The company is also affiliated with Green Fins, the only recognised environmental set of standards with a comprehensive management approach to providing guidance and support to business owners and national authorities in order to promote best practices.

SATA is the first ever regional travel awards endorsed by multi national associations, providing the tourism sector of the South Asian region with recognition towards their facilities and service excellence. It aims to encourage and raise service standards in the region’s tourism industry.

A record 500 plus nominations from the Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal were received for the 36 categories in 10 segments included in this year’s edition of SATA.

1st Time Diving Guide in The Maldives

Although the Maldives are known all over the world for fantastic beaches and turquoise waters symbolizing the tropical idyll, the life of these paradise islands below the Indian Ocean's level is the main draw attracting thousands of divers from around the world.

The Maldives has some good coral reefs, but the abundance of marine life across the country makes the islands the world's best scuba diving destination.

The Maldives is an exceptional experience in many ways, so here's an overview of the diving and snorkelling options. This should be helpful to the visitor who has never dived before and has some curiosity about seeing coral and fish in tropical water. It should also help the seasoned diver to decide–first of all–whether or not Maldives is a suitable place to vacation and assuming it is, then what kind of diving holiday to plan. Much of what makes the Maldives distinctive is it's geography; where Maldives lies and what surrounds it makes the ocean here a bit different than other tropical destinations you may already be familiar with. READ MORE

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