{"id":5069,"date":"2023-01-16T22:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2023-01-16T22:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:33:45","slug":"maldives-attracts-over-81k-tourists-by-mid-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5069","title":{"rendered":"Maldives attracts over 81k tourists by mid-January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

January has not ended and the Maldives already attracted over 81,000 global travelers.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Tourism, Maldives has welcomed a total of 81,772 tourists as of 15th January 2023.<\/p>\n

Top 10 Markets 2023 (as of 15th Jan)<\/h4>\n
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  1. Russia: 13,361 (16.3%)<\/li>\n
  2. Italy: 9,131 (11.2%)<\/li>\n
  3. India: 7,541 (9.2%)<\/li>\n
  4. UK: 6,444 (7.9%)<\/li>\n
  5. Germany: 5,023 (6.1%)<\/li>\n
  6. USA: 3,855 (4.7%)<\/li>\n
  7. France: 2,773 (3.4%)<\/li>\n
  8. Kazakhstan: 1,906 (2.3%)<\/li>\n
  9. Australia: 1,656 (2.0%)<\/li>\n
  10. Switzerland: 1,577 (1.9%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The daily arrival average by the review date is at 5,451, and the average duration of stay is 8.3 days. Maldives recorded its highest single day arrival on Monday, 02nd January 2023, on which 6,487 arrivals were recorded. The second highest single day arrival was recorded on 15th January at 6,287.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    January has not ended and the Maldives already attracted over 81,000 global travelers. According to the Ministry of Tourism, Maldives has welcomed a total of 81,772 tourists as of 15th January 2023. Top 10 Markets 2023 (as of 15th Jan) Russia: 13,361 (16.3%) Italy: 9,131 (11.2%) India: 7,541 (9.2%) UK: 6,444 (7.9%) Germany: 5,023 (6.1%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2429],"tags":[1356,1496,2102,2126,2159],"class_list":{"0":"post-5069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-maldives-tourism","9":"tag-ministry-of-tourism","10":"tag-tourism-and-hospitality","11":"tag-tourist-arrivals","12":"tag-travel-and-tourism"},"yoast_head":"\nMaldives attracts over 81k tourists by mid-January 2023 - Maldives Business Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5069\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maldives attracts over 81k tourists by mid-January 2023 - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"January has not ended and the Maldives already attracted over 81,000 global travelers. 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