Over 115,000 tourist arrivals recorded since July 15
Zunana Zalif
Tourist arrivals have been surging daily over the past few months
Velana Airport
Maldives tourist arrivals since border reopening has exceeded 115,000.
According to the latest statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday, Maldives has welcomed a total of 115,730 tourists from the date of border reopening, up until Wednesday.
With 23,226 arrivals, Russia remains the top source market for Maldives tourism since border reopening, followed by India with 18,758 arrivals.
The United Kingdom comes third with 12,372 tourist arrivals, 6,715 tourists also arrived from the United States of America.
Other top tourist markets include United Arab Emirates with 5,480 arrival, Germany with 5,393 arrivals and Ukraine, with 3,742.
Maldives welcomes 100,000th tourist since reopening
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However, due to the ongoing global pandemic, the Maldives had to close its borders on 27 March 2020. After almost four months of border closure, the tourism industry reopened on 15 July, with enhanced precautionary measures against COVID-19. A safe tourism guideline was issued by the Ministry of Tourism. Resorts and Liveaboards resumed operations on this date, whereas guesthouses resumed operations on 15 October. As of 14 December, guesthouses and hotels in the greater Male’ region are also scheduled to reopen.
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Maldives welcomes 100,000th visitor since border reopening
While the country welcomed 1.7 million tourist arrivals in 2019, it is expected meet its target of 500,000 tourist arrivals for this year by December 25
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Jasmin Burki arrived from Switzerland via Emirates on Saturday morning
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Maldives on Saturday welcomed the 100,000th visitor since border reopening.
While the country’s borders were closed on March 27 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were reopened on July 15.
The 100,000th visitor arrived in the island nation on Saturday morning, and was given a grand welcome by the Ministry of Tourism, together with Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Maldives Immigration and Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL).
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Maldives welcomes 100,000th tourist after border reopening. PHOTO: MMPRC
Mariyam Malsa
12 December 2020, MVT 19:35
Maldives, on Saturday, welcomed its 100,000th tourist following the reopening of the country s border on July 15.
The Ministry of Tourism, Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Maldives Immigration and Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) identified Jasmin Burki, as the 100,000th tourist and held a celebratory event at Velana International Airport (VIA).
The tourist was escorted by officials of MMPRC and Maldives Immigration, following her arrival from Switzerland via Emirates and greeted by the Deputy Tourism Minister, the MMPRC Managing Director and the Controller General of Immigration as well as MACL s CEO and Managing Director.