A cikin shekaru uku da rabi, masana'antar ta zama babbar hanyar samun kudin shiga. Yawon shakatawa kuma ita ce babbar hanyar samun kudin shiga na kasar kuma ita ce babbar mai ba da gudummawa ga GDP. Ya zuwa shekara ta 2008, wuraren shakatawa 89 a cikin Maldives sun ba da gadaje sama da 17,000 kuma sun dauki bakuncin masu yawon bude ido sama da 600,000 a kowace shekara. A cikin 2017 sama da baƙi miliyan 1.4 suka zo tsibirin Adadin wuraren shakatawa ya karu daga 2 zuwa 92 tsakanin 1972 da 2007. Ya zuwa 2007, sama da masu yawon bude ido 8,380,000 sun ziyarci Maldives. Baƙi zuwa Maldives ba sa buƙatar neman biza kafin isowa, ba tare da la'akari da ƙasarsu ba, sun ba da ingantaccen tabbacin asali, fasfo a kan tafiya, da wadataccen kuɗi don tafiya kai tsaye zuwa ƙasar.
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