Ministry of Tourism has revealed tourist arrivals have been the highest in November so far this year.
The statistics from the tourism ministry shows 144,725 tourists visited the Maldives in November, which is a 4.9% increase compared to 137,921 tourist visits recorded in the same month in 2019. It is also 1.8% higher compared to the 142,066 tourist arrivals recorded in October this year.
As per the statistics, 92,103 tourist arrivals were recorded in January, 96,882 in February and 109,585 in March this year. Additionally, a total of 91,200 tourists visited the Maldives in April, 64,613 tourists in May, 56,166 in June, 101,818 in July, 143,599 in August, and 114,896 arrivals in September.
The Maldives is currently recording an average of 4,772 tourists per day, with a total of 1.2 million tourists visiting the country so far this year. The largest number of tourist arrivals were recorded from India 261,164 arrivals, which makes up 23% of the total arrivals. Russia is in second with 205,246 tourist visits and Germany is third with 83,817 tourist visits so far this year.