Russia has once again emerged as the top source market after a close competition with India.
According to Tourism Ministry’s statistics as of July 19, tourist arrivals on a year-to-date basis from Russia reached 119,405 while the arrivals from India stood at 118,638.
Currently the United Kingdom is the third strongest market with 85,884 arrivals so far, while China is now ranked fourth with 80,769 arrivals. Germany which secured fifth spot last year still remains in the same spot with 70,065 arrivals so far.
Maldives surpassed its one millionth arrival target earlier in July and as of the review date, the total tourist arrivals stood at 1,016,719 which is a 13.4% increment compared to the same period in 2022 during which arrivals reached 896,625.
Australia has entered the top tourist markets after replacing South Korea to become the tenth strongest market with 18,636 year-to-date arrivals.