1. TOURISM STATISTICS IN THE MALDIVES
Ms. Maryam Gasim
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Tourism

2. Overview Maldives at a Glance Tourism in the Maldives Inbound Tourism
Accommodation Statistics
Arrivals Statistics
Revenue & Expenditure Statistics

3. The Maldives - at a Glance
Started in 1972
One island one resort concept
Free visa on arrival
No restriction on any nationalities
Contributes to 30% of the GDP
Main source of foreign exchange
Major employment generator

4. Contribution to GDP

5. Bed capacity contribution by types of accommodation
Inbound Tourism
Bed capacity contribution by types of accommodation
(end October 2014)

6. Inbound Tourism Major Source of inbound tourism statistics
Arrival/departure card (monthly/annual)
Maldives Visitor Survey (biannually)

7. Inbound Tourism Ministry of Tourism,(MOT) publishes
Monthly
Quarterly
Annual
Monthly data provided to MOT by Department of Immigration & Emigration
Data collected through arrival/departure cards of immigration

8. Inbound Tourism Data collected from Arrival/Departure Card Arrival
Nationality
Gender
Age (D.O.B)
Place of Residence
Purpose of visit
Length of stay
Departure
Place of stay in Maldives

9. Inbound Tourism
Arrival/Departure Card

10. Inbound Tourism
Arrival data available by
Nationality
Gender

11. Inbound Tourism
Tourist Arrivals

12. Inbound Tourism Major Markets to the Maldives Europe (42.9%)
Asia & Pacific (49.9%)
Americas (3.2%)
Middle East (3.2%)
Africa (0.7%)

13. Major Top 5 Markets – end October 2014

14. Inbound Tourism Maldives Visitor Survey Exit survey
Conducted biannually (peak season and off-peak season)
Targeted for tourists only

15. Inbound Tourism Data collected through Maldives Visitor Survey
Nationality
Country of residence
Duration of visit
Purpose of visit
Perception of tourists about the services.

16. Inbound Tourism
Some of the findings from Maldives Visitor Survey June 2014

21. Revenue & Expenditure Statistics
Tourism Receipts compiled by the Maldives Monetary Authority (Central Bank) for the purpose of Balance of Payments
Previously used a model based estimation
Includes tax returns and expenditure made by tourists in the resorts, souvenir shops, local transport, etc…
Calculations were mainly based on a small scale survey

22. Revenue & Expenditure Statistics
Coverage of Services account improved
Goods and Service Tax (GST) and Business Profit Tax (BPT) introduced in 2011
Administrative records or Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) to be used for the estimation of tourism receipts

23. Thank you!