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Tourist Arrivals

Track tourist arrivals to the Maldives, compare current performance with earlier years, and examine source markets, entry points and operational accommodation capacity.

Published 10 August 2026 · Data through 9 August 2026 · Source: Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation
Tourists, year to date 1,317,683
▼ 4.1% vs 2025
Total visitors YTD 1,317,683 Includes tourists, business arrivals and cruise passengers ▼ 4.1% year on year
August to date 63,066 Tourists, 1-9 August ▲ 6.4% year on year
Daily average YTD 5,841 Tourists per day ▼ from 6,127 in 2025
Top source market China 233,978 tourists · 18.1% share
Historical comparison

Monthly tourist arrivals

August is a partial-month comparison using the same 1–9 August period for all three years.

2026 2025 2024
August is a partial-month comparison using the same 1–9 August period for all three years.
Current month

Daily tourist arrivals · 1-9 August 2026

Highest day: 7,879 arrivals on 8 August · Lowest day: 6,100 arrivals on 3 August · Average: 7,007 per day.

What the latest data shows

Tourist arrivals began 2026 strongly, rising by 5.0% in January and 17.7% in February compared with the same months in 2025. The trend then reversed, with arrivals falling by 19.8% in March and 24.4% in April.

May recorded a modest 1.7% increase, while June fell by 12.0% and July by 1.9%. Arrivals between 1 and 9 August were 6.4% higher than during the same period last year. This left year-to-date tourist arrivals 4.7% below 2025, although they remained 4.0% above the comparable period in 2024.

Source markets

Published 10 August 2026 · Data through 9 August 2026 · Source: Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation

Bars show arrivals. The final column shows movement in rank compared with the prior year, not growth in arrivals.

Top 10 nationalities

1 China
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2 Russia
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3 U.K.
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4 Italy
▲ 1
5 Germany
▼ 1
6 India
—
7 France
▲ 1
8 U.S.A.
▼ 1
9 Australia
▲ 2
10 Switzerland
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Market concentration

How much of total tourist arrivals comes from the largest markets
Top two markets32.8%
Top five markets53.4%
Top ten markets68.3%
China233,978 · 18.1%
Russia189,498 · 14.7%
U.K.101,863 · 7.9%
Italy83,644 · 6.5%
Germany79,809 · 6.2%

How visitors entered and where they declared they would stay

Port of entry

All international visitors
Velana International Airport1,286,887 · 97.7%
Other international airports15,219 · 1.2%
Sea ports15,577 · 1.2%
Velana share of all visitors

Declared accommodation type

Tourists · estimate based on IMUGA data
Resorts945,253 · 73.2%
Guesthouses288,587 · 22.4%
Hotels30,560 · 2.4%
Tourist vessels24,372 · 1.9%
Other2,080 · 0.2%

Accommodation capacity

Operational supply

Bed capacity by facility type

68,322 beds in operation across 1,313 facilities

Resorts & Marinas

45,115

179 facilities · 66.0% of beds

Guesthouses

17,038

945 facilities · 24.9% of beds

Safari Vessels

3,515

173 vessels · 5.1% of beds

Hotels

2,654

16 facilities · 3.9% of beds

Operational geographic reach

Facility coverage reported in the daily release

Geographic reach

Type Atolls Islands Beds
Resorts 19 179 45,115
Guesthouses 20 115 17,038
Hotels 8 9 2,654

Visitor composition

Year to date
Tourists1,290,852 · 98.0%
Cruise passengers15,577 · 1.2%
Business arrivals11,254 · 0.9%