Tourist arrivals increase by 6.5 percent

Tourist arrivals increased by 6.5 percent in March 2015 compared to March 2014, Ministry of Tourism has announced.

According to Monthly Statistics published by the ministry, tourist arrivals for the month of March 2015 stood at 112,427, while that for the corresponding period in 2014 stood at 105,560.

Tourist arrivals in March 2015 was highest from Europe - going from 56,995 in March 2014 to 58, 916 in March 2015.

The second most number of tourists visited Maldives in March 2015 from North East Asia, made up mainly of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Arrivals from this region increased from 41,349 in March 2014 to 44,155 in March 2015.