Maldives Tourism & Aviation Intelligence

arrivalIQ tracks tourism inflows and aviation capacity for the Maldives in real time — daily and monthly arrivals by nationality, live flights, airline seat capacity, load factors, and AI-generated market insights.

In August 2026, the Maldives recorded 195,390 tourist arrivals, 58.9% occupancy across 68,506 beds in operation, 1,251,636 bed nights, and an average stay of 7.4 days.

Maldives tourism indicators by month
MonthTourist arrivalsOccupancyBed nightsAverage stay (days)
August 2026195,39058.9%1,251,6367.4
July 2026183,11959.7%1,263,1617.5
June 2026123,55240.0%816,4457.1
May 2026139,74642.7%894,9337.6
April 2026147,60048.7%992,5797.1
March 2026161,25955.3%1,157,3117.7
February 2026247,72276.5%1,439,5696.9
January 2026224,78870.7%1,463,0356.9
December 2025224,45562.5%1,307,2147.2
November 2025195,12756.0%1,119,1587.1
October 2025190,44557.9%1,184,7826.9
September 2025149,56346.7%919,3406.9

The largest source market for Maldives tourism in 2026 is China, with 266,669 arrivals — 18.9% of the 1,409,753 recorded so far this year. The top ten markets account for 69.3% of all arrivals.

Top source markets for Maldives tourism, 2026
RankCountryArrivalsShare of total
1China266,66918.9%
2Russia208,47614.8%
3United Kingdom110,3317.8%
4Italy92,9726.6%
5Germany87,9726.2%
6India81,3555.8%
7France35,0382.5%
8United States34,2482.4%
9Australia32,0832.3%
10Spain27,8532.0%

Compiled and maintained by — Editorial desk — Maldives tourism & aviation data. Figures are drawn from published Ministry of Tourism reports and Velana International Airport data.

Platform Overview

arrivalIQ tracks tourism inflows and aviation capacity for the Maldives. Key datasets include daily arrivals, monthly arrivals, flight load factor modeling, and airport movements.