"The Chinese don't want the beach like the Europeans.
They want activities, like visiting other islands, swimming classes, karaoke, discos, during the average five days they spend in the Maldives," he said.
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Neighbouring Sri Lanka, which is recovering from decades of ethnic conflict, has also seen a surge in visits from Chinese holidaymakers.
It greeted 8,613 Chinese from January to June this year -- a rise of 83.8 percent compared with 2010, tourist board figures showed.
The Maldives is aiming to greet some 850,000 foreign tourists this year, from 800,000 in 2010, and tips 2012 as the year when the figure will cross one million.
Sri Lanka hopes to attract a record 780,000 visitors in 2011 from a record high of 654,476 last year. The Maldives, a string of low-lying islands fringed by azure waters and white sand in the Indian Ocean, has long been popular as a luxury honeymoon destination for Europeans -- but times are changing.
"China has emerged as the biggest source of tourists