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An island resort in the Maldives Diamonds Thudufushi Beach & Water Villas, a luxury resort on Thudufushi, Ari Atoll in May 2017 Tourism Zone. Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, as it plays an important role in earning foreign exchange revenues and employing 25,000 people in the tertiary sector of the country.
Tourism is the largest industry in the Maldives, accounting for 28% of GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange receipts. It powered the current GDP per capita [ 13 ] to expand 265% in the 1980s and a further 115% in the 1990s.
In 2019, there were 69.9 million international tourist arrivals to Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya), an increase of 2.4% from 2018. [5] According to the World Economic forum's Travel & Tourism Development report in 2024, Morocco is the country most dependent on travel and tourism among all countries in MENA region. [6]
The Maldives, [d] officially the Republic of Maldives, [e] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.
The island is 67.51 km (42 mi; 36 nmi) northwest of the country's capital, Malé, [2] and also 20 km (12 mi) from Rasdhoo. Thoddoo is about 2 km (1.2 mi) in length and 1 km (0.62 mi) in width. 1/3rd of the total area is agricultural, another third is the village itself, and the rest of the island is empty.
Ministry of Tourism: ފަތުރުވެރިކަމާ ބެހޭ ވުޒާރާ Ibrahim Faisal: 1965 tourism.gov.mv: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade: އިޤުތިސާދީ ތަރައްޤީ އާއި ވިޔަފާރިއާ ބެހޭ ވުޒާރާ Mohamed Saeed: 2023 trade.gov.mv /en: Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture
The Maldives Tourism Promotion Board was established by the government to promote quality and sustainable growth in the country's tourism industry and to foster a well utilized and financially healthy private sector industry. - in this way enabling the industry to deliver long-term economic, social and cultural benefits to the people of ...
The tourism ministry was introduced in 1965 shortly after the independence of Maldives. According to the statistics provided by the ministry, Russia was the number one source of market for the country by 21 January 2023, with 16,974 tourists. Second place is Italy with 11,674 tourist arrivals.