Turiștii din Maldive adoră să călătorească în India

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Maldives, India and Sri Lanka are neighbors. The Maldives relies on tourism as an export, but  Maldives citizens also love to travel. When they do India has become the fastest developing market for Maldivian tourism with an 86 percent increase in tourist arrivals in the span of one year. Statistics released by Ministry of Tourism tourist arrivals from India increased by 86 percent from Q2 of 2018 to Q1 of 2019.

The sharp increase places India fifth in the list of the highest number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives by country. Other countries which contributed high tourist numbers include China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the UK.

Statistics show 48,876 Indian tourists visited Maldives in Q1 of 2019. The number is a 95.3 percent increase compared to Q1 of 2018. 12,823 Indian tourists visited the Maldives in April alone – a remarkable 129 percent increase compared to April of 2018.

The changes mean India now makes up for 7.6 percent of tourist arrivals to the Maldives. The quarterly economic bulletin released by central bank Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) also lists India as the fastest developing market in the Maldivian tourism industry.

The increase in tourist arrivals from India has increased tourist arrivals from Asia Pacific region by 16 percent.

The Chinese market, which is the single biggest contributor to tourist arrivals to the Maldives by country, and showed signs of a slowdown at the end of 2018, improved in Q1 of 2019. Statistics show tourist arrivals from China increased by 6 percent in the quarter.

Total 646,092 tourists visited Maldives in Q1 of 2019 – a 19.7 percent improvement compared to Q1 of 2018.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz a lucrat continuu în industria turismului și turismului de când era adolescent în Germania (1977).
El a gasit eTurboNews în 1999 ca primul buletin informativ online pentru industria turismului turistic global.

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