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04 Apr 2025 | Fri 18:04
Tourists in the Maldives
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Tourist arrivals for 2025
Tourist arrival figure surpasses 600,000-mark
China contributes 11.6 percent of the market share with 75,135 arrivals
449,382 out of the 647,677 visitors that were recorded by Thursday stayed at resorts
Between January 1 and April 2, 647,677 tourists arrived in the Maldives
4,709
The tourist arrival figure recorded so far in 2025 has surpassed the 600,000-mark.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Tourism through its latest weekly tourist arrival statistics published on Thursday.
As such, the ministry’s statistics show that between January 1 and April 2, 647,677 tourists arrived in the Maldives. This is a 5.2 percent surge in comparison to the 615,415 arrivals recorded in 2024 and much higher than the 538,172 arrivals recorded in 2023.
The ministry’s statistics go on to reveal that on the first two days of April, 15,259 tourists were welcomed at Velana International Airport (VIA). This is a 33.7 percent increase from the 11,411 arrivals recorded in the first two days of April 2024 and much higher than the 9,910 arrivals recorded the previous year.
449,382 out of the 647,677 visitors that were recorded by Thursday stayed at resorts. This makes up 69.4 percent of the total arrivals. 162,928 tourists make up 25.2 percent of the tourists who stayed at guesthouses, 18,879 tourists make up 2.9 percent of the tourists who stayed at hotels, 16,041 tourists make up 2.5 percent of the tourists who stayed at liveaboard vessels and 324 who stayed at other facilities during this period.
On a monthly basis:
- 214,863 tourist arrivals were recorded between January 1 – 31.
- 214,091 tourist arrivals were recorded between February 1 – 28.
- 203,464 tourist arrivals were recorded between March 1 – 31.
About 6,931 tourists arrived on average every day during January, 7,646 in February and 6,563 in March.
7,040 tourists are arriving on average during April.
Looking at the daily arrivals for March 2025:
- 8,447 tourists were welcomed on March 1
- 8,128 tourists were welcomed on March 2
- 6,025 tourists were welcomed on March 3
- 6,386 tourists were welcomed on March 4
- 5,466 tourists were welcomed on March 5
- 5,552 tourists were welcomed on March 6
- 5,591 tourists were welcomed on March 7
- 7,417 tourists were welcomed on March 8
- 6,912 tourists were welcomed on March 9
- 5,621 tourists were welcomed on March 10
- 5,734 tourists were welcomed on March 11
- 5,820 tourists were welcomed on March 12
- 5,251 tourists were welcomed on March 13
- 5,923 tourists were welcomed on March 14
- 7,482 tourists were welcomed on March 15
- 7,172 tourists were welcomed on March 16
- 6,137 tourists were welcomed on March 17
- 6,056 tourists were welcomed on March 18
- 5,673 tourists were welcomed on March 19
- 5,658 tourists were welcomed on March 20
- 5,894 tourists were welcomed on March 21
- 7,820 tourists were welcomed on March 22
- 8,090 tourists were welcomed on March 23
- 5,716 tourists were welcomed on March 24
- 5,664 tourists were welcomed on March 25
- 5,367 tourists were welcomed on March 26
- 5,749 tourists were welcomed on March 27
- 7,199 tourists were welcomed on March 28
- 9,605 tourists were welcomed on March 29
- 9,217 tourists were welcomed on March 30
- 6,692 tourists were welcomed on March 31
The statistics go on to reveal that China has remained the leader in tourist arrivals to the Maldives with no signs of slowing down, dominating the top source markets into the fourth consecutive month of the year.
As such, the ministry’s statistics revealed that although Russia topped the tourist source markets into the third week of January, it was replaced by China into the last week of January.
China has topped the leading source of tourists since then. China contributes 11.6 percent of the market share with 75,135 arrivals.
China sat at the top of the list of tourist source markets by the end of 2024 as well. 2024 began with Italy topping the tourist arrival markets of the island nation; however, it was replaced by Russia for a few weeks and then by China for the remainder of the year.
Russia sits at second place on the list contributing 10.6 percent of the market share with 68,375 arrivals recorded by Thursday.
The United Kingdom comes third contributing 10.4 percent of the market share with 67,447 arrivals.
Other top tourist markets in 2025 include:
- Italy contributing 9.1 percent with 58,722 arrivals
- Germany contributing 7.1 percent with 45,686 arrivals
- India contributing five percent with 32,702 arrivals
- France contributing four percent with 25,903 arrivals
- United States contributing 3.2 percent with 20,959 arrivals
- Switzerland contributing 2.1 percent with 13,821 arrivals
- Poland contributing 2.1 percent with 13,396 arrivals
Maldives welcomed 2,046,615 visitors in 2024. In 2023, 1,878,543 tourist arrivals were recorded.
A true jewel of the Indian Ocean, Maldives has been dazzling among passionate travelers since tourism was introduced in the Maldives in 1972. It is going to be 53 years since the island paradise has been enchanting travelers from around the globe with its unrivaled hospitality and picturesque beauty.
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