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Tourist arrivals to Maldives exceed 1.1 M by September first week

Mohamed Rehan
12 September 2022, MVT 11:17
Tourist arrivals to Maldives observe 40 percent improvement annually in 2022--
Mohamed Rehan
12 September 2022, MVT 11:17

Tourist arrivals to the Maldives reach a total of 1,104,488 by September 7, reports Ministry of Tourism.

According to the state body, tourist arrivals by the review date observe a 40.7 percent increment in annual terms, when compared with corresponding period in 2021.

By the same period in 2021, tourist arrivals had reached 785,025.

Despite the strong arrival increase observed in 2022, it was still annually 4.7 percent down when compared with the same period in 2019. For the same period in 2019, tourist arrivals had reached 1,159,280.

Moreover, tourist arrivals observed in August 2022 was 8.2 percent below compared to the same month in 2021. Tourist arrivals exclusively recorded for August 2022 stood at 131,862 whereas in the same month last year, tourist arrivals stood at 143,599.

India maintains momentum as top source market to the Maldives, followed closely by Russia in second spot after it replaced United Kingdom earlier. Source market details are as follows;

01. India - 156,644

02. Russia - 127,894

03. UK - 125,081

04. Germany - 87,568

05. Italy - 65,133

06. USA - 52,168

07. France - 34,729

08. Spain - 28,321

09. Saudi Arabia - 26,191

10. Switzerland - 22,447

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