The Maldives has welcomed its 1 millionth tourist this year.

The one-millionth tourist to visit the Maldives this year is Daniela Kilnarova from the Czech Republic.

Representatives of the MMPRC, the Ministry of Tourism, and tourism organizations were at the airport to welcome Daniela Kilnarova.

This year's one-millionth tourist arrived on Qatar Airways this morning. She came to the Maldives for a holiday.

The Maldives has set a target of attracting 1.6 million tourists this year. Over millions of tourists have visited the Maldives so far this year, with the largest number of arrivals being from India.

According to the Tourism Ministry, a total of 960,075 tourists arrived in the country as of August 3rd this year. Most of these are Indian tourists.

Indian tourists accounted for 14.4 percent of the total tourist arrivals. The second largest number of tourists visited the country is from the UK, followed by Russia.