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Tourist Arrival

In 2007, more than 600,000 tourists visited the country, which is more than twice its population.
Tourist arrival growth to Maldives out-performed the country's GDP growth rate, except in 2005- the year after the country was affected by tsunami.

Market Share of Tourist Arrival - 2006

Europe has the biggest share of the market since the inception of tourism and the total market share of the region in 2006 was 76%
Asia was the second largest contributor.
People from all over the world come to Maldives as tourists.

Tourist Arrival by Top-Ten Countries - 2006

Top-ten countries in 2006 share 81% of the total arrival. 76% of the tourist arrivals in 2006 were from Europe, where 7 countries from the continent are contributed 67%.

Japan, China and Korea shares another 14%.