The Maldives has already welcomed more than 843,000 tourists in 2021, the tourism ministry has revealed.
According to tourist arrival data released by the tourism ministry on Thursday, the island nation received 843,552 visitors from the start of the year through September 22.
In September, the average number of tourists arriving each day was 3,981, with an average stay of 8.3 days.
India had the most visitors to the Maldives in 2021, with 191,834 visitors, followed by Russia with 168,221 and Germany with 51,031.