According to the Ministry of Tourism, the top tourist market to the Maldives so far in 2023 is Italy with 3,437 arrivals. This makes up for 19.8 percent of the total arrivals in annual terms.
As of January 3, the total number of arrivals to the Maldives is 17,344.
The daily arrival total for Sunday, January 1 was recorded at 4,625 while 6,487 arrivals were recorded on Monday, January 2 which also marked the highest single-day arrival recorded so far this year. The ministry further confirmed a daily arrival total of 6,232 for Tuesday, January 3.
While Italy ranked first, Russia is a close second with 2,974 arrivals so far with 17.1 percent of total arrivals. Last year’s top source market India, is currently ranked third with 1,155 arrivals, which is 6.7 percent of total arrivals.
01. Italy: 3,437
02. Russia: 2,974
03. India: 1,155
04. UK: 959
05. Germany: 945
06. USA: 794
07. Kazakhstan: 501
08. France: 415
09. Switzerland: 411
10. Sweden: 362