Tourist arrivals reach 1.2m in 2015
Tourist arrivals grew by 2.4 percent in 2015, reaching a total of 1.2 million but falling short of the government’s target of 1.5 million visitors. Arrivals in December, the beginning of the Maldivian tourism industry’s peak season, also increased by 15 percent compared to the same period in 2014, according to statistics from the tourism ministry.
17 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Tourist arrivals grew by 2.4 percent in 2015, reaching a total of 1.2 million but falling short of the government’s target of 1.5 million visitors.
Arrivals in December, the beginning of the Maldivian tourism industry’s peak season, also increased by 15 percent compared to the same period in 2014, according to statistics from the tourism ministry.
A total of 119,255 tourists visited the Maldives last month.
But with tourists spending less time in the country, the occupancy rate at resorts fell from 81.6 percent in 2014 to 76.2 percent last year. The average duration of stay declined from 6.1 to 5.7 days.
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