Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Maldives tourists boom April - 55,983

The Maldives welcomed 55,983 tourist arrivalson to its shores in April 2006 – the highest recorded number of tourist arrivals in the month of April since the start of the Maldives tourism industry thirty three years ago.
The first time that the number of arrivals in the Maldives in the month of April has exceeded arrivals in March to the Maldives , thus reflecting changes in the high season which is expected to end in April.

Tourist arrival numbers to the Maldives from all generating markets have been very positive so far this year, indicating a positive recovery from the period of instability of the tourism industry during 2005. Over 223,652 tourists have visited the Maldives since April 2005 till April 2006, a significant increase of 97 percent compared to the same period in 2005.

Italy leads the Maldives arrivals market with a share of 24.5 percent and has been the leader of the visitors to the Maldives for many years, followed by the UK with 15.9 percent steadily increasing, Germany - 11.6 percent, France - 10.6 percent, Japan - 4.7 percent, Russia with 3.7 percent and China - 3.4 percent.

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