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    Maldives visitor survey : December 2021
    (Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Maldives, 2022) Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Maldives; މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ޓުއަރިޒަމް، ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
    This report presents the survey findings from the Maldives Visitor Survey (MVS) conducted in December 2021 by Ministry of Tourism, Government of the Maldives. The MVS research has been conducted biannually since 2013. However, the surveys planned for off-peak season 2020 had to be postponed due to border closure from April - June 2020 resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by low arrivals during the rest of the year. Hence, the survey was replanned and executed in December 2021. MVS presents the profile of international visitors to the Maldives and their opinions about the holiday experience in the Maldives. The December survey captures the views of the international visitors to the Maldives during the peak tourist season in 2021. The survey was carried out at the International Departure Terminal of Velana International Airport in Hulhulé as an exit survey. The survey was conducted between 15 December 2021 and 28 December 2021. This is the first visitor survey undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic after the February 2020 survey undertaken at the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak globally. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and on 3 February 2020, Maldives had suspended flights between China and Maldives. China hasn’t opened their borders for visitors to travel to the Maldives. Thus, Chinese visitors are not part of the survey respondents during this survey. To understand the impacts to travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new section was added to the questionnaire in this survey and the findings are presented under the topic: “Travel During the Covid-19 Pandemic”. The survey findings comprise of 1,676 responses from various nationalities and in-depth nationality analysis consists of 8 markets comprising 73% of the responses.