An increase in tourist arrivals for the first quarter


Maldives
PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

The tourist arrival rates have increased by 19.7% in the first quarter of 2019 in comparison to the same period of 2018, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism.

Taking a look at the separate regions, the top five regioons were Europe, Asia & Pacific, America, Middle East and Africa. Europe saw an increase of 18.6% with a total of 357,650 arrivals. Asia & Pacific increased by 19.5% with a total arrival count of 229,996. America showed a spike in arrivals with 33.2% increase and 33,197 tourists. Middle East follows with 16.7% increase with 19,253 arrivals. And Africa showed the greatest growth of 39.7% with 5,917 tourist arrivals.

The top five markets for the end of April 2019 were China, Italy, Germany, UK and India. China had 96,272 arrivals with Italy coming second with 67,891 arrivals. Germany arrivals equaled to 54,862 while UK arrivals were a total of 48,992. India took up the 5th place with 48,876, almost surpassing UKs total arrival count.

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