Capital Travel & Tours was formed as a limited liability company in the Maldives in 1990 specializing in inbound and outbound travel management. Today, it is one of the most prominent and leading tour operators in the country with a wide global network of tour operators and clients. As a tour operator, Capital Travel can provide clients with resourceful choices and the best prices in the market due to its long-standing business relations with resorts and hotels, built over the past 27 years. Today, Capital Travel has well over 500 partners around the world and is classed as one of the largest and most reliable tour operators in the Maldives. The company has allotment contracts with all the leading resorts and hotels in the Maldives. With more than 50 well-trained and experienced staff with full commitment to customer satisfaction, Every need of the clients and partners diligently and efficiently. Capital Travel has an extensive presence online with our website and through the various social media platforms, they offer attractive deals and special offers to the customers in real-time. Today, they are proud to be able to take care of everything for the clients and partners including flights, room reservations, and local transportation.

In 2002, the Capital Group ventured into the hotel supply business with the formation of ASTRABON Hotel and Resort Supply Private Limited. Today, it is one of the leading companies in this business with the largest collection of kitchen utensils and equipment showcased in the ASTRABON Showroom in the heart of Male’.

Yoosuf Riffath, CEO of Capital Travels & Tours, stated in an interview that a lot of foreign tour operators used to visit Maldives and at the time, there were very few local tour operators in the country. After a lot of discussion with those foreign tour operators, he decided to form a travel-related company as he always believed that the Maldivian Tourism Sector has the potential to expand in the future.

Commenting on the occasion, Riffath said, “We extend a heartfelt appreciation to all staff, past and present, for their significant contributions in our journey.”

Riffath is a founder and former president of the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO), chapter president for the Maldives at the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), and board director at the Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC). He is also a founding member of the Liveaboard Association of Maldives (LAM).