Maldives is maintaining a steady flow of tourists into the nation as 2021 starts off. 

Statistics of the Tourism Ministry, made public yesterday, has shown that Maldives has so far received a grand total of 47,079 tourists so far in 2021. 

The figures show that the highest number of tourist arrivals was observed on January 3, with 4,195 tourists.

While Maldives had observed an increasing number of tourists at the end of 2020 as well as the New Year holidays, tourist arrival figures currently remain the same on average. The average for tourist arrivals is 2,900 per day. 

Russia remains the top source market for Maldives with 12,029 arrivals. India comes next with 8,042 tourists while 4,292 Ukrainian tourists, 2,318 Kazakh tourists, and 2,030 Romanian tourists have been also been observed.  

Maldives has seen strong growth in terms of tourism from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East.

However, due to the discovery of new variants of COVID-19, arrival figures from some top markets for tourism to Maldives has been hampered. This includes the UK, which had consistently remained among the top 5 tourist markets for the Maldives as of recently. 

Currently, there are 42,300 tourist beds in operation with a total of 582 facilities in Maldives. They include 141 resorts/marinas, 11 hotels, 133 safaris, and 297 guesthouses.