July Tourist Arrivals Near Last Year’s Level as Daily Traffic Strengthens
- Maldives received 115,864 tourists in the first 20 days of July, down 2% from 2025 but up 12.1% from 2024.
- Daily traffic strengthened, with arrivals rising 7.2% in the latter half of the period, an improvement over June's 12.9% annual decline.
- China led markets with 198,582 arrivals (17.1%), followed by Russia and the UK; total yearly arrivals remain 4.7% below 2025.
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives moved closer to last year’s level during the first 20 days of July, following a considerably wider annual decline in June.
The country received 115,864 tourists between 1 and 20 July, down two percent from the 118,192 arrivals recorded during the corresponding period in 2025. However, arrivals were 12.1 percent higher than the 103,350 tourists received over the same period in 2024.
An average of 5,793 tourists arrived each day during the period, compared with 5,910 during the first 20 days of July last year.
Daily traffic increased during the latter half of the reporting period. Arrivals totalled 59,948 between 11 and 20 July, 7.2 percent higher than the 55,916 recorded during the first 10 days of the month.
Seven days recorded more than 6,000 arrivals. The highest daily figure was 6,946 on 18 July, while the lowest was 4,955 on 6 July.
The July performance represents an improvement from June, when tourist arrivals fell 12.9 percent year-on-year to 123,552.
Despite the narrower gap in July, tourism traffic remains lower across the year. The Maldives received 1.16 million tourists by 20 July, while total international visitor arrivals, including business travellers and cruise passengers recorded through June, reached 1.19 million. This placed overall visitor arrivals 4.7 percent below the corresponding period of 2025.
China remained the largest tourism market, accounting for 198,582 arrivals or 17.1 percent of the total, followed by Russia with 169,113 arrivals and a 14.6 percent share. The United Kingdom ranked third with 93,448 tourists.
Resorts accommodated 72.7 percent of tourists received during the year, while guesthouses accounted for 22.8 percent. Operational accommodation capacity stood at 68,246 beds across 1,306 facilities as of 20 July.
