Statistics by the Ministry of Tourism has showed that over 42,900 tourists visited the Maldives from India in the first seven months of 2017, which is a 23% increase compared to the same period of last year.
In July, over 5,300 tourists visited Maldives from India, which is a 13% increase compared to June 2017. Maldives is fast becoming a favored destination amongst Indian travellers with Indian booking websites citing surveys that notes Maldives amongst top five destinations most preferred by Indians. Indian tourists attributes to over 7% of total arrivals to Maldives, according to statistics.
India is one of the main source markets to the Maldivian tourism industry with notable growth in arrival of Indian tourists to Maldives in the past couple of years.