Maldives has recorded a 6.2% increase in the number of tourist arrivals so far this month compared to the same period in 2022.
The statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism shows that 74,092 tourists arrived in Maldives between 1st to 13th December 2023. This is a 6.2% increase over the 69,773 tourist arrivals recorded for the same period last year.
In addition to this, statistics show that an overall increase of 12.6% in tourist arrivals have been recorded for the year compared to the previous year. So far this year, Maldives has welcomed 1,757,939 tourists while last year, 1,561,025 tourist arrivals were recorded for this period. In 2023, Maldives has recorded an average of 5,263 tourist arrivals per day.
Furthermore, the statistics released by the Ministry also show that Russia is the leading tourist market this year with 197,824 arrivals recorded as of 13th December 2023. India comes in second on the list with 194,630 arrivals whereas China placed third with a total of 181,003 arrivals. Other countries that ranked in on the list of top 10 markets for 2023 are the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, USA, France, Spain and Switzerland respectively.
The busiest month for Maldives tourism this year was February, during which the country welcomed a whopping 177,915 visitors.
Maldives received its one millionth tourist arrival of the year on July 16 and is expected to reach its target of 1.9 million arrivals soon.
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