DTIS, Volume I - Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

1) Gathering information from members on their specific needs, analyzing and
reviewing that information to take appropriate action where possible.
2) Creating programmes within budgetary limits to help meet members' needs
through benefits and services.
3) Providing relevant services, such as research on tourism and travel related
activities, product development, education/training support and marketing
support.
4) Preparing annual business plans for approval by the Executive Board to
identify and respond to the common and collective interests of members.
5) Forecasting future trends in tourism and addressing those issues both domestic
and international that will impact the Maldives tourism and travel industry and
the interests of other stakeholders in the industry.
6) Liaising with the Government and providing to the domestic and international
audience the industry's position on important issues through a clear and
consistent communications programme.
7) Forging alliances with appropriate agencies and organizations towards
realizing maximum benefits to all stakeholders in the Maldives tourism and
travel industry.
D. THE FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM STUDIES (FHTS)
The FHTS was established as a tourism-training institute in 1987 and provides basic and
advanced training in a variety of operational tourism skills including for midmanagement
and supervisory functions. Since 1998, the Faculty has operated under the
umbrella of the Maldives College of Higher Education (MCHE), which in turn is an arm
of the Ministry of Higher Education, Employment, Labour and Social Security.
The vision of the FHTS is to:
“Perform and be acknowledged as the outstanding academic institution within the field of
hospitality and tourism studies of the nation and as one of the finest within the region.”
The Faculty’s mission, among other things, states:
“Focus on determining and giving necessary training, from the basic to the highest
level…The training is for personnel required by the hospitality and services industries,
and …other individuals who wish to enhance their knowledge of different areas of the
hospitality field.”
However, in its background and publicity material, the FHTS recognizes that its training
output falls far short of the demand from the industry “hence the industry was short of
service staff even from the very beginning”. An inadequate funding base for the faculty
is the main explanation for this shortcoming.
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