The number of Maldivians traveling to Kerala State, India has risen by 8.9 percent.
In this regard, 42,237 Maldivians travelled to Kerala in 2018 which is an increase of 8.9 percent compared to the 38,759 Maldivians who travelled to Kerala in 2017, according to statistics published by Department of Tourism of Kerala State. Maldives is listed seventh place among top 10 countries with the most number of tourist arrivals to Kerala.
Many Maldivians travel to India each day for many reasons, especially for medical purposes, with many Maldivian families reside in Indian cities of Trivandrum and Cochin.
1,096,407 tourists visited to Kerala State with most number of arrivals being from UK, according to the statistics. In this regard, 258,201 tourists visited to Kerala from UK.