The Ministry of Tourism has released statistics for February 2017, revealing increased arrivals by 7.6% and an overall positive increase for the entire market.
According to the statistics, a total of 246,399 tourists visited Maldives in February 2017, higher than the 229,035 from the previous year. The numbers were dominated by European visitors, which totaled 131,760; a 13.5% increase from last year. The number of tourists from Asia in this year was 95,626.
Looking at the separate markets, the main countries Maldives received the majority of visitors from was from Italy, India, Russia and America. Italian tourist numbers grew by 28.8%, while Indian visitors increased by 23% and Russians by 40.3%. Visitors from America also showed a notable increase of 19.4%. While these numbers grew, there was also a noticeable dip in the German, Chinese, Swiss and Japanese arrival numbers.
