Maldives celebrates the 1 million tourist arrival milestone
With the total number of 1,000,203 tourists visiting Maldives, the nation achieved a milestone of 1 million inbound tourists as of 24th November 2013. China became the highest source market for Maldives tourism with 30.8% or 284,926 Chinese tourists visiting. Following China, Germany is at 8.3%, UK at 7.8%, Russia at 6.6%, and Italy at 5%.
In continents, Asia contributes a massive 47.2% share in terms of total arrivals to the Maldives. Other than these, France, Japan, India, Switzerland, Turkey, U.S. Middle East countries, Australia, etc. also contributed notable amount of tourist arrivals for the month of October. A growth of 1.2% was recorded from European countries.
Additionally, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture, Maldives Marketing & PR Corporation, and Airport Reps Association of Maldives (ARAM) has organised a 1 week celebration from 25th December till 31st December at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.
