The total number of tourist arrivals this year has crossed the half-a-million mark.

Tourism Minister Dr. Abdulla Mausoom Tweeted that this is a 22% increase compared to last year.

As per the statistics released by the Tourism Minister, a total 400,000 tourists visited Maldives in the first four months of 2022, showing an increase of 150,000 tourist arrivals this year.

Top 10 source markets for 2023 so far:

  • 1. Russia - 69,590
  • 2. India - 52,734
  • 3. UK - 45,545
  • 4. Italy - 43,869
  • 5. Germany- 34,516
  • 6. France - 21,339
  • 7. USA - 20,218
  • 8.China - 15,378
  • 9. Switzerland - 11,597
  • 10. Poland - 8,890

On average 6,500 daily arrivals have been recorded on average stay of 8 days.