Tourist arrivals surpass one million, 123,284 welcomed in June

Maldives welcomed 123,284 tourists in June.

This was revealed by the Ministry of Tourism through its latest daily tourist arrival statistics publicized on Monday.

As such, statistics reveal that Maldives has welcomed a total of 1,015,529 visitors since 2024 began.

Maldives welcomed 1.8 million tourists in 2023 and aspires to welcome two million tourists this year.

During January the country welcomed 192,385 visitors, followed by 217,392 in February, 194,227 during March, 168,366 during April, 119,875 in May and 123,284 tourists in June.

Arrivals so far this year, are a 9.2 percent increase from the 929,607 arrivals recorded in the same period last year, and a significant growth from the 813,219 arrivals recorded in 2022.

The daily average for 2024 so far, is 5,580 and tourists are staying for an average of eight days.

The arrivals for the sixth month of the year, were a 2.4 percent surge in comparison to the 120,363 arrivals recorded in the same period last year as well as the 110,885 arrivals recorded in the same period of 2022.

About 4,109 tourists arrived on average every day during June, and tourists stayed for seven days.

Looking at the daily arrivals for June

3,519 tourists were welcomed on June 1
3,793 tourists were welcomed on June 2
4,218 tourists were welcomed on June 3
3,291 tourists were welcomed on June 4
4,276 tourists were welcomed on June 5
3,126 tourists were welcomed on June 6
3,519 tourists were welcomed on June 7
3,540 tourists were welcomed on June 8
3,714 tourists were welcomed on June 9
4,138 tourists were welcomed on June 10
3,019 tourists were welcomed on June 11
3,860 tourists were welcomed on June 12
3,764 tourists were welcomed on June 13
5,646 tourists were welcomed on June 14
5,516 tourists were welcomed on June 15
5,178 tourists were welcomed on June 16
5,200 tourists were welcomed on June 17
4,131 tourists were welcomed on June 18
4,737 tourists were welcomed on June 19
3,481 tourists were welcomed on June 20
3,678 tourists were welcomed on June 21
3,481 tourists were welcomed on June 22
4,212 tourists were welcomed on June 23
4,512 tourists were welcomed on June 24
3,466 tourists were welcomed on June 25
4,937 tourists were welcomed on June 26
3,945 tourists were welcomed on June 27
4,133 tourists were welcomed on June 28
4,523 tourists were welcomed on June 29
4,663 tourists were welcomed on June 30

The highest number of tourist arrivals recorded on a daily basis so far this year, was on February 10, when more than 10,000 tourist arrivals were recorded.

As such, China sits at the top of the list of tourist source markets, contributing 11.9 percent of the market share with 120,726 arrivals by June 30.

The new year began with Italy topping the tourist arrival markets of the island nation, however it was replaced by Russia for a few weeks.

Although the United Kingdom ranked second place for a while, it was replaced by Russia once more.

Russia now contributes 10.3 percent of the market share with 105,068 arrivals recorded so far.

Russia dominated the tourist arrival markets of the Maldives by the end of 2023.

UK currently ranks third place in the top 10 markets, contributing 9.2 percent of the market share with 93,291 arrivals.

Although India was among the top three source markets into the beginning of the year, it was replaced by China.

Other top tourist markets so far in 2024 are:

Italy contributing 7.9 percent with 79,909 arrivals
Germany contributing 7.7 percent with 78,135 arrivals
India contributing 6.2 percent with 63,463 arrivals
United States contributing 3.6 percent with 36,491 arrivals
France contributing 3.3 percent with 33,635 arrivals
Switzerland contributing 2.2 percent with 22,338 arrivals
Poland contributing 1.8 percent with 18,468 arrivals

The first tourist visitor of the year was welcomed during a special ceremony held at Velana International Airport (VIA) in the early hours of January 1.

Welcoming the first tourist of 2024 to the Maldives, Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Faisal noted that this is a fantastic start to what promises to be another successful year for the Maldives’ tourism industry. He expressed keen interest in diversifying and exploring additional markets to reach this year’s arrival target.

Maldives welcomed the one millionth tourist of the year, six months in, on June 27.

The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) hosted a ceremony at VIA to welcome Sutapa Amornvivat, a national from Thailand as the one millionth tourist of the year.

The ceremony was held in collaboration with the tourism ministry, Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), Maldives Immigration and Maldives Customs Service and multiple other industry stakeholders.

The millionth tourist of the year arrived by an AirAsia Flight on vacation with her family. She was offered a special holiday from Sun Siyam Resorts, at the ceremony.

This is her third trip to the island nation and she is staying at Niyama Maldives.

Tourism was introduced in the Maldives in 1972. It has been 52 years since zealous travelers have been visiting the Maldives which has been drawing in visitors with its picturesque beauty for years.