2024-02-18 11:33:56
Male: The new government of Maldives is not desisting from its anti-India attitude. Its effect is clearly visible on the tourists going to Maldives from India. According to the latest data, the largest number of tourists arriving in Maldives in the year 2024 are from China. The number of Chinese tourists arriving in Maldives till February 13 is 40892. With this, their share in the total tourists reaching Maldives has reached 13.9 percent. At the same time, India has reached fifth place among the tourists reaching Maldives by 13th February. The total number of tourists reaching Maldives from India is only 20903, which is only 7.1% of the total market share.
According to the figures released by the Tourism Department of Maldives, Chinese tourists occupy the first place. At the same time, Russia occupies the second place. The total number of Russian tourists arriving in Maldives in 2024 is 28973. There has been a tremendous increase in Italian tourists arriving in Maldives in the first two months of this year. Till February 13, 27552 tourists from Italy had reached Maldives. At the same time, British tourists are in fourth place. As of February 13, the number of British tourists arriving in Maldives was 26120.
Number of tourists arriving in Maldives by 13 February 2024
Countrynumber of touristsmarket percentageLocation in 2023China4089213.93Russia289739.82Italy275529.36UK261208.94India209037.11Germany179436.15France105423.68USA96513.37Poland78752.614Switzerland67522.310
China is capturing the tourism market of Maldives
China is starting new flights to capture the tourism market of Maldives, so that more and more tourists can reach Maldives. China is planning to use it as a weapon in future. Recently, China’s Xiamen Airlines has started charter flights to Maldives. Xiamen Airlines’ first flight received a warm welcome when it arrived in the Maldives. Tourism Minister Ibrahim Faisal and Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Managing Director Fathimath Taufiq attended an event to welcome tourists aboard Xiamen Airlines.
Muijju had appealed to China regarding tourists
China’s love for Maldives can be gauged from the fact that its three major airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Sichuan Airlines, are operating frequent flights to Male. During his state visit to China last month, Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu had appealed to send maximum number of tourists. Muizzu had then said, “China was our number one market before Covid and my request is that we intensify efforts to make China regain this position.”