Holidaymakers from the European continent has increased this year showing a significant growth in the market.
Tourism Ministry has released statistics showing the tourist count originating from European travelers had reached 572,021 by the end of November 2017. This is a 45.9% increase against last year's 513,891 visitors during the same time-frame.
Top visitor countries from the European continent included Russia, UK, France and Germany.
Average stay duration of tourists in Maldives had floated between 5.7 to 6.5 days, while during the month of November the average had been at 6.3 days, while it had been 6.2 on average last year.
So far a total of 1.2 million holidaymakers had arrived in Maldives in 2017, however the figure is expected to rise to 1.3 million before the year ends as per Tourism Ministry.
