{"id":12228,"date":"2023-11-02T06:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.com\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:27:50","slug":"the-beautiful-country-with-four-times-as-many-tourists-as-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.com\/travel\/the-beautiful-country-with-four-times-as-many-tourists-as-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful country with four times as many tourists as residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Covid travel restrictions were lifted, tourists from all over the world rushed to book a holiday. While tourism can boost the economy, some countries have more tourists than residents.<\/p>\n

Crowded hotspots include Monaco and Montenegro where tourists outnumber residents by as many as four to one.<\/p>\n

The Maldives is another example and the beautiful island country welcomes four times as many tourists as residents, according to UNWTO statistics from 2019.<\/p>\n

Home to around 521,000 people, fewer than Manchester, less than a fifth of the country\u2019s islands are inhabited. Around 1.7 million tourists visited the country in 2019.<\/p>\n

The tourism industry is based on the country\u2019s beaches, which are particularly rare as the white sand is made up of coral. Only around five percent of the world\u2019s beaches consist of coral.<\/p>\n

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Many tourists stay in beachside luxury cabins in the Maldives, just a ladder or dive away from the sea.<\/p>\n

Until 2009, tourists weren’t allowed to visit the inhabited islands. Since the ban was lifted, tourists can explore more of the island\u2019s cultural heritage as well as spending time on the beach.<\/p>\n

Scuba diving is incredibly popular among tourists and many are hoping for a glimpse of the world\u2019s biggest fish, the whale shark.<\/p>\n

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