A Google search data survey conducted by Cub Med reveals Maldives as the top-searched tourist destination for the United Kingdom in 2021.

For the duration of the survey, the Maldives had been searched 2,960 times by holidaymakers planning trips for the upcoming year while Mexico followed closely with 2, 930 searches.

For the year 2020, Maldives placed second with 74,200 searches with Greece taking the top spot with 74,500 searches.

The UK is the third biggest tourist-market for the Maldives following re-opening of borders earlier this year with 16,987 travelers making up 11.9 percent of visitors to the Maldives, by December 23.

Statistics for the whole year place UK at fourth place for the country with the greatest number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives, with 38,285 visitors having checked in at the end of November.

While Maldives welcomed a record breaking 1.7 million tourists in 2019, this includes 114,222 arrivals from the UK (fifth spot) and is a 10 percent increase from the previous year.