Maldives tourist arrivals increase by 11.2 percent

Maldives welcomed 426,870 tourists from January to April 2014, an increase of 11.2 percent compared to 383,738 arrivals during the same period of 2013.

A total of 105,309 tourists came to the Maldives during the month of April 2014, attaining a growth rate of 16.2 percent for the month.

Europe remained the market leader with a 51.3 percent share in April 2014. With an additional 53,988 tourists from Europe in April, arrivals from the region reached a total of 219,058 at the end of first four months of 2014.

With 43,654 tourist arrivals in April from the Asia and the Pacific region, a total of 179,493 tourists were recorded from the region from January to April 2014. The Asia Pacific region maintained a growth of 22.4 percent for April.

With 14,470 arrivals contributing a 4.3 percent share by the end of April 2014, Americas was the third leading market region for the Maldives.

By individual market performances, China remained the overall market leader to the Maldives, with 111,564 tourist arrivals and a hold of over 26 percent of arrivals by the end of April 2014.