A total of 130,961 visitors have been recorded in September 2023.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Tourism through its latest daily tourist arrival statistics publicized on Sunday.
Statistics reveal that a total of 1,361,042 tourists have visited the Maldives by 30 September, 2023. For the same period of 2022, the tourist arrival figure was 1,190,629 and 870,862 arrivals were recorded during the same period of 2021.
Monthly figures show that 172,499 tourists were welcomed during January, 177,915 in February, 173,514 in March, 164,357 in April, 120,959 in May, 120,363 during June, 145,629 in July, 154,854 in August and 130,961 visitors in September. Although the figures dropped in May and June, they were still higher than 100,000 arrivals.
The ministry’s statistics indicate that the arrival figure for September is a 16.9 percent surge compared to the 111,986 arrivals recorded in the same period last year.
The highest daily arrivals was recorded on September 29, with a 5,727 arrivals recorded on the day.
The daily average for September was 4,365 and tourists stayed for an average of seven to eight days.
The daily arrivals for September;
- 4,002 tourists were welcomed on September 1
- 4,192 tourists were welcomed on September 2
- 4,496 tourists were welcomed on September 3
- 3,825 tourists were welcomed on September 4
- 3,645 tourists were welcomed on September 5
- 4,011 tourists were welcomed on September 6
- 3,868 tourists were welcomed on September 7
- 3,995 tourists were welcomed on September 8
- 3,828 tourists were welcomed on September 9
- 4,631 tourists were welcomed on September 10
- 3,986 tourists were welcomed on September 11
- 3,585 tourists were welcomed on September 12
- 3,886 tourists were welcomed on September 13
- 4,084 tourists were welcomed on September 14
- 4,212 tourists were welcomed on September 15
- 4,543 tourists were welcomed on September 16
- 4,837 tourists were welcomed on September 17
- 4,176 tourists were welcomed on September 18
- 3,942 tourists were welcomed on September 19
- 4,263 tourists were welcomed on September 20
- 4,400 tourists were welcomed on September 21
- 4,736 tourists were welcomed on September 22
- 4,695 tourists were welcomed on September 23
- 5,391 tourists were welcomed on September 24
- 4,103 tourists were welcomed on September 25
- 4,287 tourists were welcomed on September 26
- 4,993 tourists were welcomed on September 27
- 5,431 tourists were welcomed on September 28
- 5,727 tourists were welcomed on September 29
- 5,192 tourists were welcomed on September 30
The daily average for 2023 is at 4,986 and tourists are staying in the Maldives for an average of seven days.
