According to the Ministry of Tourism, tourist arrivals to the Maldives have increased by 16% this year compared to the previous year.

According to the Tourism Daily Update released by the Ministry of Tourism today, a total of 325,423 tourists have arrived in the Maldives so far this year.

The number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives increased to 192,385 in January this year compared to 172,499 last year. While 177,915 tourists visited Maldives in February last year, 185,860 tourists arrived in Maldives in February this year.

So far this year, 70 percent of tourists have come to the Maldives for vacations in resorts, 23 percent have vacationed in guesthouses, four percent in safaris, and three percent in hotels.

Tourists stayed in the Maldives for an average of seven to eight days.

Countries with the highest number of tourist arrivals so far this year are:

  • China - 51,984 tourists
  • Russia - 36,423 tourists
  • Italy - 35,834 tourists
  • UK - 33,401 tourists
  • India - 25,096 tourists
  • Germany - 23,341 tourists
  • France - 14,360 tourists
  • US - 12,194 tourists
  • Poland - 9,588 tourists
  • Switzerland - 8,297 tourists