The Maldives is ranked fifth overall in a list of top destinations for Chinese tourists, placing alongside Bali, Indonesia.
Hong Kong topped the list, followed by Seoul and Phuket Island.
The list was complied by the Chinese Tourist Academy, analysing the top travel destinations during China’s peak ‘Golden Week’ tourism season.
Chinese tourists, mostly on package tours, now make up the largest single demographic of foreign nationals visiting the Maldives. The economic impact of rising visitor numbers was credited with shielding the country’s vulnerable tourism-driven economy from the 2008 European recession, which hurt the country’s traditional markets.
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