Tourism promotion officials in Maldives are preparing to host a grand virtual event to kickstart the island nation’s efforts to reopen its lucrative tourism industry.

Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) said the ‘Maldives, The Sun Will Shine Again’ event will take place at 8pm local time on 8 June. During the three-hour Facebook live event, well-wishers from around the world, including celebrities, influencers, artists and fans of Maldives will join tourism promotion officials from the country to show their love, sentiments, wishes, memories and messages to remind that ‘The Sun Will Shine Again’ in the Maldives.

MMPRC is inviting tourism industry partners to participate in the event by sending a recorded video message of not more than 60 seconds. The official tourism promotion body had earlier said that it was ready to launch new tourism promotion campaigns as soon as the government set a timeline for reopening the country’s borders.