{"id":7321,"date":"2023-11-23T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2023-11-23T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:32:46","slug":"maldives-tourist-arrivals-reach-1-6-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7321","title":{"rendered":"Maldives tourist arrivals reach 1.6 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have reached over 1.6 million according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>As per the ministry, the total tourist arrivals as of November 20, 2023 observed a 13.0% increment in annual terms.<\/p>\n<h2>Monthly Arrivals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>January: 172,499 | 30.9%<\/li>\n<li>February: 177,915 | 19.4%<\/li>\n<li>March: 173,514 | 15.1%<\/li>\n<li>April: 164,357 | 13.1%<\/li>\n<li>May: 120,959 | -3.6%<\/li>\n<li>June: 120,363 | 8.5%<\/li>\n<li>July: 145,620 | 9.0%<\/li>\n<li>August: 154,854 | 17.4%<\/li>\n<li>September: 130,967 | 16.9%<\/li>\n<li>October: 159,141 | 3.5%<\/li>\n<li>November (1 \u2013 20): 110,343 | 12.2%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to statistics so far, the only month with a decrement based on the corresponding month of the previous year was in May where arrivals observed a 3.6% decline in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets, as of Nov 20<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<ol>\n<li>Russia: 186,989<\/li>\n<li>India: 176,123<\/li>\n<li>China: 171,823<\/li>\n<li>UK: 133,388<\/li>\n<li>Germany: 118,109<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 95,993<\/li>\n<li>USA: 64,103<\/li>\n<li>France: 42,966<\/li>\n<li>Spain: 35,050<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland: 32,397<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have reached over 1.6 million according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Tourism. As per the ministry, the total tourist arrivals as of November 20, 2023 observed a 13.0% increment in annual terms. Monthly Arrivals January: 172,499 | 30.9% February: 177,915 | 19.4% March: 173,514 | 15.1% April:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2429],"tags":[1496,2102,2110,2126,2159],"class_list":{"0":"post-7321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-ministry-of-tourism","9":"tag-tourism-and-hospitality","10":"tag-tourism-industry","11":"tag-tourist-arrivals","12":"tag-travel-and-tourism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maldives tourist arrivals reach 1.6 million - 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=7321\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maldives tourist arrivals reach 1.6 million - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have reached over 1.6 million according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Tourism. 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