World tourism association figures show that 19m people in southeast Asia have tourism-related jobs, and that in the Maldives, the island country in the center of the Indian Ocean, two thirds of the population rely on tourism.

• 12月和1月是南亚和东南亚国家的旅游旺季，根据世界旅游协会的数据，东南亚地区有1900万人从事与旅游相关的行业，而位于印度洋中心的岛国马尔代夫，有2/3的人口依赖旅游业。