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USA's second most popular destination is Maldives

Lamya Abdulla
03 December 2021, MVT 19:46
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Lamya Abdulla
03 December 2021, MVT 19:46

Maldives is the second most popular destination in US according to a study.

According to a study by US travel website ParkSleepFly, there has been nearly 500,000 Google searches by US citizens within the last six months. Maldives has been notes as one of the most sought after destinations by US travellers within the last two years.

There has been a 72 percent increase in Google searches by US citizens over the last two years.

The most desired destination for US citizens at the moment is Puerto Rico, with over 1.1 million searches within the last six months.

More than 19,000 tourists arrived in the Maldives from the US last year despite various travel restrictions to Covid-19 while over 50,000 tourists have arrived from US so far this year. The US has become one nations with the highest amount of tourist arrivals to Maldives after the pandemic started.

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