Maldives hosted a colourful celebration to welcome the one millionth tourist to the country on 12 August 2022. The main event was organized by the Ministry of Tourism and successfully completed with assistance from Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), and Maldives Immigration. This milestone of welcoming the one millionth tourist to the sunny side of life was achieved much earlier compared to last year, when one million arrivals were touched in October of 2021.
This year's one-millionth visitor was Mrs. Kilnarova Daniela who was received by the traditional boduberu procession led by the locally well-known Bidhabin Boduberu group. In attendance during this event were tourism industry partners, media, VIP & officials from the Ministry of Tourism, MMPRC, MACL, and Immigration. A citizen of the Czech Republic, Mrs. Kilnarova came for a holiday in the Maldives with her husband Kilnar Ales. Mrs. Kilnarova Daniela was presented with special gifts for becoming the one-millionth visitor of 2022.
The token by MMPRC was presented to Mrs. Kilnarova Daniela by the CEO & MD of MMPRC Mr. Thoyyib Mohamed. The token presented was known as 'Tannu', the casing historically used to deliver royal messages from the Sultan from when our nation was still a Sultanate. It is made of sculpted wood and handcrafted Maldivian lacquer work called 'liyelaa jehun'."
