Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation (MMPRC) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indonesia's Gecko Digital to create and feature a 360 degree map of entire Maldives on the state owned corporation's website.
Gecko Digital was assigned a duration of one year to complete the project.
Post MOU signing the acting Managing Director of MMPRC, Haris Mohamed said the project is an attempt to promote Maldives through digital and online media.
The 360 degree map of Maldives will feature as a video on MMPRC's Visit Maldives website. Gecko Digital will be completing the project free of charge.
Haris had assured that part of the map will be featured around March 2018, although the project was granted a one year period for completion. Specialist teams dispatched from Gecko Digital is expected to arrive in Maldives around January.
The teams will be traveling to all the islands of Maldives to capture video and photographs in order to compile to their 360 degree video map.
MMPRC's acting MD had furthermore revealed that a definite date of completion can be disclosed since the teams are expected to travel across the country based on good weather conditions.
