Ole numera lata mai o turisi mai Maldives ua faaalia ai le 11.2% ua siitia ai le aofai o tagata faimalaga mai Peretania na asiasi i le ono masina muamua o le 2018, pe a faatusatusa ile vaitaimi lava e tasi ile 2017. I le aotelega, e 57,535 tagata tafafao maimoa mai i Maldives. mai ia Ianuari - Iuni 2018, faʻatusatusa i le 51,737 i le 2017.

O le masina o Iuni lava na taliaina foi le 6.2% tuputupu aʻe i le numera o tagata tafafao maimoa mai i Peretania, pe a faatusatusa i le masina tutusa i le 2017. Aotelega, 6,459 tagata faimalaga mai Peretania na asiasi i Maldives ia Iuni 2018, faatusatusa i le 6,081 ia Iuni 2017, tausitusi mo le 6.9% o tagata tafafao maimoa na taunuu i Maldives ma o le mea lea ua fai ma sui o le lona tolu sili tele inbound maketi mo tagata taunuu mai i le lalolagi atoa, ina ua maeʻa Saina (17.5%) ma Siamani (8%), faasologa.

E tusa ai ma le aofai o tagata tafafao maimoa mai i le lalolagi atoa, 93,786 tagata faimalaga na asia le Maldives ia Iuni 2018 ma o lenei mea o se siitaga o le 10% pe a faatusatusa ia Iuni 2017, na taliaina 85,222. O le ono masina muamua o le 2018 na vaʻaia ai le 726,515 turisi i le lalolagi na asiasi atu i Maldives, o se siitaga e 10.5% pe a faʻatusatusa i le vaitaimi tutusa o le tausaga talu ai.

Lenei tausaga o le Maldives o le a faʻamaonia atili lona tulaga o se tasi o sili ona matagofie aso malolo taunuʻuga mo UK turisi, ma le tatalaina o le tusa ma le 23 fou faletalimalo. Talu ai nei na faʻapaleina le motu motu o le 'Indian Ocean's Best Spa Destination' i le World Spa Awards ma o le 'Best Honeymoon Destination' i le Luxury Lifestyle Magazine Readers 'Travel Awards.

Ile saunoaga a le Minisita o Tagata tafafao maimoa mai Maldives, ua faaopoopoina ai le taunuu o tagata tafafao maimoa mai, Moosa Zameer, fai mai, "Ua matou toe fiafia foi e vaʻai i le faʻateleina o le numera o Peretania ma le lalolagi atoa na taunuʻu atu i Maldives. O le siitaga o le molimau lea a le atunuʻu i fafo atu-turisi pisinisi ma faʻatasi ai ma le tele o atinae matagofie na fuafuaina mo toe masina o le 2018 ma e oʻo atu i le 2019, e aofia ai le tatalaina o le tele o nofoaga malolo, matou te tulimatai atu i le faʻafeiloaʻia o sili atu turisi Peretania i o tatou matafaga. ”

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The increase is testament to the country's world-class tourism industry and with several exciting developments planned for the remaining months of 2018 and into 2019, including the opening of a number of resorts, we look forward to welcoming even more UK tourists to our shores.
2% increase in the number of UK travelers who visited in the first six months of 2018, when compared with the same period in 2017.
Moosa Zameer, said, “We are once again very pleased to see a notable increase in the number of UK and worldwide arrivals to the Maldives.