Maldives experiences a welcomed spike from European market


Maldives
PUBLISHED February 24, 2019

Ministry of Tourism has revealed that the number of tourists arriving from Europe have increased by nine percent in January compared to January of 2018.

According to the statistics recorded by the Ministry, 83,528 tourists from the 151,552 who visited in January were from Europe.

Meaning, 55 percent of the total arrivals in January are from Europe.

The second highest number of tourists came from the Asia Pacific, which is 36 percent. This is a 4.9 percent increase compared to January of 2018.

Furthermore, 7,239 tourist from America, 4,200 tourists from the Middle East, and 1,453 tourists from Africa arrived in the Maldives in the first month of 2019.

In January, arrivals from India saw the greatest increase, with 37 percent.

Compared to January 2018, this year saw a six percent increase in arrivals with 151,552 tourists visiting Maldives in that time period.

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