Maldives tourist arrivals since border reopening, have exceeded 57,000.

According to the statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism, a total of 57,350 tourists arrived in the Maldives since the government reopened borders for international travel on July 15, to November 16.

Statistics shows that a total of 440,197 arrived to the Maldives this year, up until November 16.

Statistics go on to reveal that the top source market for tourism is Russia with 12,529 arrivals, which accounts to 22.2 percent percent of arrivals. Russia is followed by India with 4,665 arrivals, and the United Kingdom with 4,646 arrivals. Other top source markets include, Unites States of America, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Ukraine, France, Spain and Brazil.

Until Maldives stopped issuing on-arrival visas on March 27, a total of 382,760 arrivals were recorded with a daily average of 4,206.

In July, Maldives saw 1,752 arrivals with a daily average of 117 arrivals. The number steadily increased to 7,628 arrivals in August, with a daily average of 246 visitors.

By the end of September, Maldives recorded 9,538 arrivals and from January 1 to September 30, tourist arrivals were at 401,714.

The highest increase in tourist arrivals was observed within October, as such, within October 21,515 arrivals were recorded in October.

Daily highest number of tourist arrivals were recorded on Sunday, with 2,240 tourists.

Maldives responded to the escalating situation of Covid-19 by shutting down borders following which the country’s tourism industry was at a complete standstill for over three months. The government has been implementing numerous measures against the virus since.