More than 700,000 tourists have visited the Maldives so far this year.
A total of 728,950 tourists visited by Monday, an increase of 13.1 percent compared to last year, according to statistics published yesterday by the Tourism Ministry.
Statistics published by the Tourism Ministry on April 17 showed 698،893 tourist arrivals by April 16.
However, 30,057 tourists visited over six days.
China was the top source market with 77,709 tourists, followed by the UK in second place with 72,635 tourists.
Russia was the third largest market with 66,170 tourists and Germany was the fourth largest market with 63,311 tourists.
The average duration of stay was 7.9 days with average daily arrivals of 6,451 tourists.
After 1.8 million tourists visited the Maldives last year, the Tourism Ministry's target is to attract 2.3 million tourists in 2024.
