Recent updates from Ministry of Tourism reveal that the total number of tourists arriving in Maldives reached over 923,000; which confirms the arrival has crossed 90% of projected arrivals in the year’s budget.
Moreover, according to the projection included in the budget for 2021, Maldives aimed to attract a total of 01 million holidaymakers by the end of the year.
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Furthermore, the official Twitter handle of the Government of Maldives attest that the island nation was among the first countries to reopen the borders to tourists while 93% of all resort employees have already been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the top source market to the country includes India at first rank with 23% of the total tourist arrivals to country, arriving from the South Asian giant. Russia has maintained the second spot with 19.3% of the total arrivals originating from the destination.
Maldives is currently inching towards celebrating 50 years of tourism, which will be commemorated in the upcoming year.
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