Maldives wins award for best Asian beach destination at MITTE

Maldives has won the award for the best beach destination in Asia at the ongoing Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITTE).

A total of 42 representatives from 19 Maldivian companies are promoting the country in Russia. The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) said that there are ten resorts and nine travel agents from Maldives at the MITTE.

The Maldives received an area of 114 square meter at the MITT according to the MMPRC. And they are set to hold joint promotions with the Maldivian companies at the three-day event that began today.

MITT is an annual travel and tourism exhibition where over 1800 companies from 192 countries take part to make big deals in the global tourism industry.

Russia is one of the biggest tourism markets for the Maldives. Ando so the number of Russian tourists that came to the Maldives went up by 5 percent last year compared to 2015 raising the number to 46,255.