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Russia maintains top tourist market spot to the Maldives with over 75,000 arrivals so far, reports the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n

According to the ministry’s statistics, the total tourist arrivals to the Maldives as of 19th April 2023 stood at 626,392 which is an 18.8% increment in year-to-date terms compared to the same period last year, during which arrivals stood at 527,366.<\/p>\n

The daily arrival average in annual terms is 5,747 while the average duration of stay in annual terms is 7.9 days.<\/p>\n

Top Markets in 2023<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Russia: 75,594<\/li>\n
  2. India: 66,630<\/li>\n
  3. UK: 61,464<\/li>\n
  4. Italy: 52,564<\/li>\n
  5. Germany: 47,520<\/li>\n
  6. USA: 26,197<\/li>\n
  7. France: 24,835<\/li>\n
  8. China: 24,501<\/li>\n
  9. Switzerland: 15,977<\/li>\n
  10. South Korea: 10,956<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Maldives tourism industry currently has a total of 60,514 operational beds. This include 41,241 beds from 174 resorts, 1,640 beds from 13 hotels, 14,674 beds from 895 guesthouses, and 2,959 beds from safari vessels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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