The Maldives has won the Best Romantic Destination in the Travel + Leisure India’s Best Awards 2022 International Category. The award was announced at the 11th Edition of Readers’ Choice Travel + Leisure India’s Best Awards 2022 held at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi. The award was received by the High Commissioner-Designate of the Maldives to India Ibrahim Shaheeb.
T+L India’s Best Awards 2022 facilitates the best in travel, hospitality, and lifestyle. The winners are chosen through an online voting platform for 60 days, culminating in an evening gala that brings together the travel, hospitality, and lifestyle community under one roof.
India is the most significant market to the Maldives with an impressive arrival figure of 195,015 and 14% market share as of 9th November 2022. India was the top market for the Maldives in 2020 with 62,960 arrivals and a market share of 11.3%, as well as the top market for 2021 with over 278,740 travellers and a market share of 22.6%.
The Maldives has also recently secured the title of the World Travel Awards World’s Leading Destination for three consecutive years in a row in 2020, 2021, and 2022.