Majority of Maldivians travel overseas for medical treatment
Some 57 percent of Maldivians travel overseas for medical purposes while 32 percent travel for vacation, according to the Maldives Monetary Authority’s (MMA) ‘Maldivians Traveling Abroad Survey’ released today.
04 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Some 57 percent of Maldivians travel overseas for medical purposes while 32 percent travel for vacation, according to the Maldives Monetary Authority’s (MMA) ‘Maldivians Traveling Abroad Survey’ released today.
The central bank conducted the survey in December 2014 to “analyse the outbound travel patterns of Maldivians in terms of travel destination, purpose of visit, and expenditure.”
Enumerators interviewed 3,529 returning Maldivians passengers at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, which represents 55 percent of all Maldivians returning from overseas during the one-week survey period.
“The most popular destinations for Maldivians during 2014 were India and Sri Lanka, with 41 percent and 38 percent, respectively,” the survey found.
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