MALE, Oct 26 (NNN-IPS) – Over 100,000 tourists have visited the Maldives in Oct, the state-owned PSM News, citing data from the Ministry of Tourism, reported here today.
Tourism ministry data showed that, 102,434 tourists visited the Maldives from Oct 1 to 24, a 599 percent increase from the same period in 2020, but a two percent decrease compared to 2019.
The Maldives recorded a total of 973,269 tourist arrivals so far this year, or a daily average of 4,454.
According to the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), the country will, this year, cross the mark of a million tourist arrivals by the end of Oct.
India and Russia were the biggest sources of tourist arrivals for the Maldives, accounting for 23 percent and 19 percent of all arrivals, respectively.– NNN-IPS
