Ministry of Tourism has recorded a 14.3% increase in tourist arrivals in January 2020.
The statistics of tourism ministry showed 177,140 tourists arrived in Maldives in January, including 173,347 arrivals from air and 3,793 arrivals from sea. In January 2019, tourist arrivals to Maldives amounted to 154,969, including 151,552 from air and 3,417 arrivals from sea.
According to statistics, most number of tourist arrivals were from Europe, which amounts to 94,725. It is an increase of 13.4% compared to the same month of last year.
The second most number of tourist arrivals were from Asia Pacific countries with 61,688, which is an increase of 11.9%. Furthermore, tourist arrivals from North and South America were recorded at 8,078, Middle-East at 7,297 and Africa at 1,536.