Maldives has recorded over 1.6 million tourist arrivals up until Wednesday, 29th November 2023, which is a 12.9% increase compared to the same period last year.
The statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism shows that 158,450 tourists arrived in Maldives between 1st to 29th November 2023. This is a 11.5% increase over the 142,130 tourist arrivals recorded for the same period last year.
In addition to this, statistics show that an overall increase of 12.9% in tourist arrivals have been recorded for the year compared to the previous year. As of 29th November, Maldives has welcomed 1,678,639 tourists while last year, 1,486,496 tourist arrivals were recorded for this period. In 2023, Maldives has recorded an average of 5,041 tourist arrivals per day.
Furthermore, the statistics released by the Ministry also show that Russia is the leading tourist market this year with 191,280 arrivals recorded as of 29th November 2023. India comes in second on the list with 182,659 arrivals whereas China placed third with a total of 175,257 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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