Can You Guess the New Record for the Most Number of Daily Tourist Arrivals Maldives Has Counted?

Our island nation is a popular holiday destination worldwide. However, we said a temporary goodbye for our prestigious tourism industry for a period of almost three months due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. When the tourist activities resumed on July, it would not be a lie if I say that many of us had little hope for a positive outcome. Nevertheless, fast-forward to December, we have achieved great strides, tourism-wise, considering the fact that the pandemic is still ongoing. In this regard, on yesterday, the record for the highest number of tourist arrivals on a single day since the border reopening which was achieved on 20^th December, has been broken!

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According to a tweet by the Minister of Tourism, Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, on 27^th December, over 6k tourist arrivals were counted, making this number the new highest. In his tweet he also congratulated and thanked all tourism industry partners and related authorities recognizing their contribution to reach this milestone.

Photo: Gili Lankanfushi

Whist this a peak period in the tourism industry attributing to the year-end holidays, in the span of this month alone, Maldives counted over 70k tourist arrivals. Since border reopening in July, the Maldives have welcomed over 140k tourists while the number totals up to over 520k, when counting from the beginning of the year.

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