Maldives welcomes millionth tourist of 2018
Almost 900,000 tourists had visited the Maldives by July 2018.
09 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives on Sunday welcomed the millionth tourist of 2018 with a free resort holiday, seaplane travel and Internet package.
The man, who was not named by officials or the media, arrived with his wife for their honeymoon at Meeru Island Resort. They were greeted and welcomed with cultural activities at the country’s main international airport. He is from Turkey and his wife is from the US, according to media reports.
The man was awarded a holiday at a Movenpick resort, a Trans-Maldivian Airways ticket and a 100 GB data package from Dhiraagu.
Deputy Tourism Minister Hussain Lirar and Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Cooperation managing director Haris Mohamed attended the event.
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