February 2024 saw 217,391 visitors arrive in the Maldives, an improvement of 22% over the same month the previous year and a record high for the island nation. An infographic published by Maldives Immigration said that 7,496 arrivals were made on average per day each month. There were 10,214 arrivals at the highest and 5,343 at the minimum.
China accounted for 33,897 of all tourist arrivals in February, making it the largest source market. With 20,633 arrivals, the United Kingdom came in second, with Russia coming in third with 19,734. According to the most recent data released by the ministry of tourism, 8,900 visitors were registered on February 3, which represents the highest number of daily tourist visits so far this year. Since the border was closed because of the COVID-19 epidemic, this is the largest number of tourists to arrive in the Maldives. The previous high for the number of visitors in a single day was 8,054 on December 23. Prior to this year, 2019 had the greatest daily total of recorded visitor arrivals—9,000 visits.
As of March 10, 2024, 466,273 visitors have been reported to have visited the Maldives. This is a significant increase of 61,375 visitors, or 15.2% more than at the same time last year, when there were 404,898 visitors, marking a record high yet again. This year in 2024, the government hopes to bring in two million visitors. It is anticipated that the actual number of visitors will surpass projections and come to 2.3 million.
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