{"id":9675,"date":"2024-06-11T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:58:57","slug":"tourist-arrivals-to-the-maldives-less-75k-to-hit-one-million-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9675","title":{"rendered":"Tourist arrivals to the Maldives less 75k to hit one-million mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to the Maldives is now less than 75,000 short of hitting the one-million annual arrival mark, reports the Ministry of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statistics updated by the ministry, annual arrivals to the Maldives as of June 09, 2024 stood at 925,241 &#8211; a 9.8% increment compared to the same period last year, during which arrivals in annual terms reached 842,908.<\/p>\n<p>Despite observing an annual growth in tourist arrivals, the visitor total for May 2024 saw a 0.9 decline while from June 01 to 09, arrivals saw a 2.0 decline. This decline could be attributed to a number of factors including changing global travel trends, socio-political developments.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason for a decline currently could be related to the European Parliament elections from June 06 to 09; which saw a large number of Europeans attending to polling stations in their respective countries to cast vote.<\/p>\n<p>China maintains its top market position without any immediate threat of dethronement, while Russia is in second spot with a little over 94,000 arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite mended faces between the Maldives and India, more recently during Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu&#8217;s visit to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; there are still significant portion of Indian businesses and celebrities alike promoting the &#8216;Boycott Maldives&#8217; slogan, owing to Male&#8217; government&#8217;s alleged closer leanings with Beijing.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Markets<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>China<\/strong> &#8211; 106,323<\/li>\n<li><strong>Russia<\/strong> &#8211; 94,784<\/li>\n<li><strong>UK<\/strong> &#8211; 87,415<\/li>\n<li><strong>Italy<\/strong> &#8211; 76,256<\/li>\n<li><strong>Germany<\/strong> &#8211; 74,192<\/li>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> &#8211; 56,468<\/li>\n<li><strong>USA<\/strong> &#8211; 32,955<\/li>\n<li><strong>France<\/strong> &#8211; 32,639<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switzerland<\/strong> &#8211; 21,659<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poland<\/strong> &#8211; 17,632<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Tourist arrivals maxed at 1.6 million in 2022, which saw a near 200k increment the following year, closing 2023 with 1.8 million annual arrivals. 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