A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
India has become the top market to the Maldives in 2020, as per the statistics by the Ministry of Tourism. India is now one of the fastest-growing outbound tourism markets in the world, second only to China. The Maldives has welcomed 62,905 Indian travellers in 2020 with a market share of 11.3%. The island nation […]
Despite the temporary halt in the industry due to the unprecedented pandemic in 2020, Maldives has successfully wrapped up the year with 555, 213 tourist arrivals in the year. Maldives ceased issuing on-arrival visas to all tourists from 27th March 2020 as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in the […]
Maldives tourism moves forward this holiday season where the destination is looking forward to breaking yet another record of welcoming over 5,000 tourist arrivals in a day. According to Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), the World’s Leading Destination 2020 will welcome 5,831 tourists today. With 122,245 tourist arrivals since border reopening, Maldives has welcomed a […]
The Maldives has achieved the milestone of welcoming the 500,000th visitor to the sunny side of life in 2020. Since the reopening, there has been a gradual increase in tourist arrivals with the establishment of travel bubbles between the Maldives and other countries, as well as greater connectivity in terms of flight operations. Over 18 […]
The Maldives has welcomed the 100,000th visitor to the sunny side of life since the border reopened from 15th July. Ms Jasmin Burki from Switzerland was welcomed as the 100,000th visitor to the Maldives earlier today. Since Maldives reopened borders from 15th July 2020, the destination has continued to witness a steady improvement in its […]
The Maldives has witnessed over 400,000 tourist arrivals as of 16th November. Statistics of the Ministry of Tourism show that from 1st January to 16th November, over 440,197 tourists have visited the Maldives. A sum of 57,350 tourists arrived at the island nation since border reopened on 15th July. The leading market for the Maldives […]
In 2020, a year full of chaos, Maldives has welcomed over 420،000 tourists to the Sunny Side of Life! Minister of Tourism Dr Mausoom had said that the government is expecting an influx of around 120,000 tourists starting from September until the end of the year, making the total estimated figures to 500,000 tourist arrivals […]
According to the latest statistics by Maldives Immigration, a total of 27,217 tourists arrived at the Maldives during the first three months, after the border reopened. The numbers reveal that the country welcomed 56% more visitors in the third month of reopening compared to the second month. The Maldives reopened borders on July 15th. From […]
According to the latest statistics by Maldives Immigration, 18,867 tourists have arrived in the Maldives, since the border reopened in July. During the month of September, Maldives welcomed 9538 tourists, majority from Russia which was 2065 arrivals. This is followed by UAE with 1029 arrivals and the United States with 935 arrivals. Maximum arrivals on […]