India overtakes Russia as Maldives' biggest tourist market
According to the latest figures released by the tourism ministry, 821,247 tourists arrived in the Maldives this year as of Saturday.
India has once again become the biggest source market for Maldives tourism, surpassing Russia.
According to the latest figures released by the tourism ministry, 821,247 tourists arrived in the Maldives this year as of Saturday.
According to the statistics, India currently has the highest number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives. Russia, which was earlier at the top of the list, is now ranked second, followed by the UK with the third-highest number of tourist arrivals.
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95,851 tourists arrived from India
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Arrivals from Russia stood at 95,780
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73,929 tourists arrive from UK
The other markets among the top five include:
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Germany - 60,998 tourists
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Italy – 60,572 tourists
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China - 47,690 tourists
According to the ministry's statistics, an average of 5,512 tourists arrive in the country every day. Tourists spend an average of 7.8 days in the Maldives.
Maldives now has 1,243 tourist facilities with 60,816 beds in operation.
