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Maldives listed among most popular destinations of American tourists

U.S travel company, Expedia, has listed the Maldives among the most popular destinations of American tourists looking to travel in 2021.

According to Expedia Travel Trends, American tourists who are booking vacations for 2021 are mainly looking for destinations with beaches and sea. In this regard, most of the 10 most popular destinations listed by Expedia were destinations with beaches and sea. Maldives was ranked sixth in this list.

Cancun, Mexico topped the list of popular destinations published by Expedia. Other destinations in the list includes Bahamas, Aruba and French Polynesia.

As per the statistics of Ministry of Tourism, 16,754 tourists had arrived in the Maldives from the U.S last year. This was the 8th highest number of arrivals in the Maldives from one country during 2020.