According to the Ministry of Tourism, 10.5 percent reduced when compared to same period last year. About 282,518 tourists visited Maldives by end of May this year. Ministry statistics indicate tourist arrivals in May this year dropped by 11.5 percent when compared to in May last year. In May this year, 43,154 tourists arrived in Maldives while in May 2008, tourist arrivals were 48,764.
According to World Tourism Organization (WTO) there was an 8 percent reduction in global tourism in the first 2 months (February and March) of 2009. Global economic downturn and the A1H1N1 influenza have had devastating impacts on global tourism industry with an anticipated reduction of 2-3 percent by the end of this year.
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Island Aviation Services (IAS) ticketing office 0f Maldivian decided to opened for business on Fridays from 1600 hours till 2000 hours .
The airlines Assistant Director said the decision is to provide convenience of the traveling public with the objective of offering better and wider services. Now traveling on Maldivian has increased significantly.
Now Maldivian operates 14 flights to Trivandrum / Indian and 5 flights to Colombo / Sri Lanka daily. Flights to these countries were a huge success with demand increasing by the day, especially to India.
In order to cater for heavy passenger demand, Maldivian schedules extra flights when need arise. In this regard the airline recently operated additional flights to India during the recent school holidays
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