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28 Apr 2025 | Mon 18:33
Tourists at Velana International Airport (VIA)
Tourism Ministry
Tourist arrivals for 2025
China contributes 10.9 percent of arrivals so far
6,680 tourists are arriving on average during April
Between April 1 – 27, 180,352 tourists were welcomed
Tourist arrivals for the year have surpassed the 800,000-mark
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China contributes 10.9 percent of the tourist arrivals, recorded in the Maldives so far this year.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Tourism through its latest daily tourist arrival statistics published on Monday.
As such, the ministry’s statistics show 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 10.9 percent of the market share with 88,615 arrivals.
China sat at the top of the list of tourist source markets by the end of 2024 as well.
Russia sits at second place on the list contributing 10.6 percent of the market share with 86,181 arrivals recorded by Monday.
The United Kingdom comes third contributing 10.3 percent of the market share with 83,659 arrivals.
Other top tourist markets in 2025 include:
- Italy contributing 9.3 percent with 75,499 arrivals
- Germany contributing 7.7 percent with 62,663 arrivals
- India contributing 5.1 percent with 41,543 arrivals
- France contributing 3.8 percent with 31,221 arrivals
- United States contributing 3.2 percent with 26,043 arrivals
- Switzerland contributing 2.4 percent with 19,889 arrivals
- Poland contributing 1.8 percent with 14,998 arrivals
Further, the ministry revealed that between January 1 and April 27, 812,770 tourists arrived in the Maldives. This is a 7.6 percent surge in comparison to the 755,583 arrivals recorded in 2024 and much higher than the 671,546 arrivals recorded in 2023.
Further, between April 1 – 27, 180,352 tourists were welcomed at Velana International Airport (VIA). This is a 19 percent increase from the 151,579 arrivals recorded in the same period of 2024 and much higher than the 147,618 arrivals recorded the previous year.
The ministry’s statistics go on to reveal that 582,244 out of the 812,770 visitors that were recorded by Monday stayed at resorts. This makes up 70.3 percent of the total arrivals. 200,071 tourists make up 24.2 percent of the tourists who stayed at guesthouses, 24,586 tourists make up three percent of the tourists who stayed at hotels, 20,973 tourists make up 2.5 percent of the tourists who stayed at liveaboard vessels and 540 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.
The statistics go on to reveal that about 6,931 tourists arrived on average every day during January, 7,646 in February and 6,563 in March.
6,680 tourists are arriving on average during April.
Looking at the daily arrivals for April 2025:
- 8,106 tourists were welcomed on April 1
- 7,153 tourists were welcomed on April 2
- 6,468 tourists were welcomed on April 3
- 6,466 tourists were welcomed on April 4
- 7,119 tourists were welcomed on April 5
- 8,004 tourists were welcomed on April 6
- 5,758 tourists were welcomed on April 7
- 6,424 tourists were welcomed on April 8
- 6,033 tourists were welcomed on April 9
- 5,895 tourists were welcomed on April 10
- 6,590 tourists were welcomed on April 11
- 8,164 tourists were welcomed on April 12
- 8,778 tourists were welcomed on April 13
- 6,556 tourists were welcomed on April 14
- 6,843 tourists were welcomed on April 15
- 6,453 tourists were welcomed on April 16
- 6,418 tourists were welcomed on April 17
- 7,371 tourists were welcomed on April 18
- 7,212 tourists were welcomed on April 19
- 7,104 tourists were welcomed on April 20
- 5,887 tourists were welcomed on April 21
- 6,006 tourists were welcomed on April 22
- 5,424 tourists were welcomed on April 23
- 4,856 tourists were welcomed on April 24
- 5,896 tourists were welcomed on April 25
- 6,708 tourists were welcomed on April 26
- 6,660 tourists were welcomed on April 27
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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