Tourist arrivals increase 16 percent in April
01 Jun 2014, 12:41 PM
Tourist arrivals in April increased 16 percent in annual terms, reaching 105,309 guests during the month, but declined marginally compared to March, according to the Maldives Monetary Authority’s (MMA) latest monthly economic review.
A total of 105,560 tourist arrivals were recorded during the previous month.
“The annual increase in arrival was contributed by the increase in the number of arrivals from Asia and Europe,” the review stated.
“In April 2014, total bednights rose by nine percent in annual terms while the average duration of stay declined by six percent. As for the occupancy rate, it increased to 80 percent in April 2014 from 75 percent in April 2013, as the impact of the increase in bednights was greater than the increase in operational bed capacity of the industry during the review month.”
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