{"id":3205,"date":"2022-04-19T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:45:52","slug":"tourist-arrivals-to-maldives-hit-close-to-500k-russia-slips-to-3rd-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=3205","title":{"rendered":"Tourist arrivals to Maldives hit close to 500k, Russia slips to 3rd spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have reached a total of 498,235 as of 13th April 2022, reflecting an annual increment of 45.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the tourist arrivals to the Maldives has increased in comparison with both 2021 and 2020, where it stood at 342,840 and 382,762 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, tourist arrivals to the island nation has still not breached the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. The annual tourist arrival to the country in 2019 stood at 551,527, due wot which the annual arrival in 2022 was still below 9.7% compared to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, from 01st to 13th April, the total number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives reached 66,724 while during the corresponding period in 2021 the annual tourist arrival stood at 44,270 &#8211; indicating a 50.7% increment for the period in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As for the top source markets, United Kingdom is currently the top strongest source market to the island nation with 65,683 annual arrivals which is 13.2% of the market share.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, India has taken over the second spot in the top source market list pushing Russia to third place.<\/p>\n<p>India has recorded an annual arrival of 54,532 which is 10.9% of the market share while Russia, currently in third spot, recorded an annual arrival of 53,716 which is 10.8% of the market share. Other top source markets to the Maldives include;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>04th &#8211; Germany &#8211; 43,875 arrivals (8.8%)<\/li>\n<li>05th &#8211; Italy &#8211; 34,220 arrivals (6.9%)<\/li>\n<li>06th &#8211; United States &#8211; 22,658 arrivals (4.5%)<\/li>\n<li>07th &#8211; France &#8211; 22,476 arrivals (4.5%)<\/li>\n<li>08th &#8211; Switzerland &#8211; 11,884 arrivals (2.4%)<\/li>\n<li>09th &#8211; Austria &#8211; 10,648 arrivals (2.1%)<\/li>\n<li>10th &#8211; Saudi Arabia &#8211; 10,199 arrivals (2.0%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have reached a total of 498,235 as of 13th April 2022, reflecting an annual increment of 45.3%. Meanwhile, the tourist arrivals to the Maldives has increased in comparison with both 2021 and 2020, where it stood at 342,840 and 382,762 respectively. 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