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Over 100,000 tourist arrivals from Russia to Maldives

According to the Ministry of Tourism, Russia is the second largest tourist arrival market to the Maldives. Last year, Russia also ranked second on the list of top tourist arrival markets to the Maldives.

Malika Shahid
24 June 2024, MVT 12:08
Tourists arriving in Maldives
Malika Shahid
24 June 2024, MVT 12:08

The number of tourist arrivals from Russia to the Maldives have exceeded 100,000 so far this year.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, Russia is the second largest tourist arrival market to the Maldives. Last year, Russia also ranked second on the list of top tourist arrival markets to the Maldives.

So far, the highest number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives were from China, totaling 113,000 arrivals.

The third highest number of tourist arrivals came from the United Kingdom, with the country receiving 91,000 tourists. Italy ranked fourth, and Germany came in fifth.

India ranked sixth last year, with the United States, France, Switzerland, and Poland ranking 7th, 8th, and 9th, respectively. Poland is a new tourism market for the Maldives. Last year, the country ranked 14th in the list top tourist arrivals to the Maldives.

A total of 980,000 tourists have visited the Maldives so far this year. Of these, 60 percent come from the top 10 tourist arrival markets.

So far this month, 88,000 tourists have arrived in the Maldives, which is an increase of 9.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

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