Maldives Welcomes Over 140,000 Arrivals in August – Most Number of Arrivals Recorded in a Month of 2021

According to August 2021 statistics published by the Maldives Immigration, the country has recorded 143,599 tourist arrivals for the month, which surpasses the number of tourists recorded in the same month of 2019 and 2020. The Maldives further recorded the greatest number of tourists in August out of the past months in 2021.

Maintaining its first rank as a top market to the Maldives, 54,094 tourists from India visited the country in August. In the second place, Russia recorded 17,069 arrivals. Germany stands in third place followed by the US, Ukraine in the top 5 markets to the Maldives.

With direct flight connectivity between Russia and Maldives through Aeroflot and ease of travel guidelines to the Maldives, the Russian market plays a significant role in achieving pre-pandemic arrival figures, says the Visit Maldives team.

Tourism-related authorities in the Maldives along with industry stakeholders currently aim to make Maldives’ tourism sector one of the first to emerge as fully vaccinated, building guest confidence in the safe haven.

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