About 650,000 tourists are expected to visit Maldives this year, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Dr. Mahmood Shaugee said yesterday.
One of the vital tourist market for Maldives, France registered the highest rate of increase in arrival figures during last year compared to arrivals for the same period previous year. With about 122% growth in 2006 compared to 2005,...
Last year Maldives registered a 601.923 tourist arrivals accordingly to tourism ministry. This is a 52.3% increase when compared to that of 2005. The highest number of tourists arrived from Italy which counts to 118,929, and the second being UK followed by Germany and France.