Can you bring tobacco or cigarettes to Maldives?

• Tobacco

  allowed, within limits

  Effective 9 November 2024, only travellers on a tourist visa may import limited tobacco for personal use, duty-exempt: "Up to 200 cigarettes, or 25 cigars, or 250 grams of tobacco." Quantities above that "will be retained by Customs for a maximum of 30 days" and can be collected at the Velana International Airport departure customs counter before leaving.

  Per the Maldives Customs Service circular addressed to all passengers on a tourist visa. Tobacco brought by travellers who are not on a tourist visa that doesn't meet the Ministry of Health's labelling requirements is confiscated. Tobacco is one item: vaporizers are treated separately (see the e-cigarettes entry).

  Also covers: tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, duty free cigarettes

  Checked 2026-09-21 — Source: Maldives Customs Service — Circular 14-VDS/CIR/2024/2 (9 Nov 2024): Revised Guidelines on Importation of Tobacco Products by Travellers

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history