Research area · 01

Tourism.

Tourism is roughly a quarter of Maldivian GDP directly — and the gravitational center of everything else, from foreign exchange to construction. This area tracks the industry from primary sources and publishes what the data actually supports.

2,246,516
Arrivals, 2025
Ministry of Tourism / MMA · official
247,722
Feb 2026 — record month
Best single month on record · official
≈2.5m
Next 12 months, central forecast
Nyra SARIMA · read the bands, not the line
1988→
Series coverage
Annual from 1988; monthly from 2009
Live data Updated Jun 2026
Monthly tourist arrivals — history and 12-month forecast
Maldives · monthly · arrivals
ArrivalsForecast
0100k200k300k201920202021202220232024202520262027ForecastArrivals
Data table
Monthly tourist arrivals, Maldives, with 12-month forecast
PeriodArrivalsForecast
Jan 2019151,552
Feb 2019168,583
Mar 2019162,843
Apr 2019163,114
May 2019103,022
Jun 2019113,475
Jul 2019132,144
Aug 2019139,338
Sep 2019117,619
Oct 2019141,928
Nov 2019137,921
Dec 2019171,348
Jan 2020173,347
Feb 2020149,786
Mar 202059,627
Apr 20200
May 20200
Jun 20200
Jul 20201,752
Aug 20207,628
Sep 20209,538
Oct 202021,515
Nov 202035,759
Dec 202096,412
Jan 202192,103
Feb 202196,882
Mar 2021109,585
Apr 202191,200
May 202164,613
Jun 202156,166
Jul 2021101,818
Aug 2021143,599
Sep 2021114,896
Oct 2021142,066
Nov 2021144,725
Dec 2021164,284
Jan 2022131,764
Feb 2022149,008
Mar 2022150,748
Apr 2022145,280
May 2022125,522
Jun 2022110,889
Jul 2022133,561
Aug 2022131,862
Sep 2022111,986
Oct 2022153,737
Nov 2022146,886
Dec 2022184,051
Jan 2023172,499
Feb 2023177,915
Mar 2023173,514
Apr 2023164,357
May 2023120,959
Jun 2023120,363
Jul 2023145,620
Aug 2023154,854
Sep 2023130,967
Oct 2023159,141
Nov 2023163,658
Dec 2023194,696
Jan 2024192,385
Feb 2024217,392
Mar 2024194,227
Apr 2024168,366
May 2024119,875
Jun 2024123,284
Jul 2024167,528
Aug 2024176,175
Sep 2024132,795
Oct 2024172,621
Nov 2024172,987
Dec 2024208,980
Jan 2025214,863
Feb 2025214,091
Mar 2025203,468
Apr 2025198,322
May 2025135,614
Jun 2025141,772
Jul 2025186,738
Aug 2025192,058
Sep 2025149,563
Oct 2025190,445
Nov 2025195,127
Dec 2025224,455
Jan 2026224,788
Feb 2026247,722
Mar 2026161,259
Apr 2026147,600147,600
May 2026152,877.3
Jun 2026153,960.7
Jul 2026197,153.8
Aug 2026207,935.2
Sep 2026165,107.9
Oct 2026210,015.4
Nov 2026211,738.1
Dec 2026250,071.3
Jan 2027246,907.8
Feb 2027263,418.7
Mar 2027246,832.8
Apr 2027231,386.8
History: Ministry of Tourism / MMA (official). Forecast: Nyra SARIMA central path with 80% / 95% prediction bands (own calculation). March–April 2026 treated as a transient connectivity shock.
Where tourists sleep — share of bednights by accommodation type
Maldives · rolling 12m share · %
ResortsGuesthousesHotelsSafari vessels
0%25%50%75%100%199920022005200820112014201720202023ResortsGuesthousesSafari ves…Hotels
Data table
Share of tourist bednights by accommodation type
PeriodResortsGuesthousesHotelsSafari vessels
Jan 1999100
Jan 2000100
Jan 2001100
Jan 2002100
Jan 2003100
Jan 2004100
Jan 2005100
Jan 2006100
Jan 2007100
Jan 2008100
Jan 2009100
Jan 2010100
Jan 201197.52.5
Jan 201297.32.7
Jan 201397.32.7
Jan 201497.22.8
Jan 201597.12.9
Jan 2016973
Jan 2017973
Jan 2018973
Jan 201996.93.1
Jan 202096.93.1
Jan 202188.16.12.73
Jan 202287.37.22.62.9
Jan 202385.88.92.42.8
Jan 202484.910.12.32.7
Jan 202583.911.32.22.6
Ministry of Tourism bednight statistics (official). Shares of rolling 12-month totals; Nyra calculation.