Arrivals in November 2022 and 2023 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023* | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |
France | 31,676 | 36,337 | 3,290 | 3,184 | 3,973 | 3,704 | 1,841 | 3,882 |
UK | 13,703 | 13,860 | 15,534 | 15,890 | 1,661 | 1,627 | 4,506 | 11,526 |
Reunion | 6,864 | 6,683 | n/a |
167 | 208 | n/a |
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Germany | 11,716 | 14,373 | 12,499 | 15,231 | 4,170 | 6,295 | 5,169 | 12,331 |
Saudi Arabia | 1,683 | 1,427 | 2,208 | 2,920 | 209 | 176 | 471 | 872 |
South Africa | 5,511 | 5,802 | 683 | 549 | 548 | 689 | 125 | 274 |
Switzerland | 4,125 | 4,617 | 3,414 | 3,926 | 1,339 | 1,373 | 832 | 1,970 |
India | 2,667 | 4,190 | 19,375 | 18,905 | 316 | 694 | 10,167 | 30,339 |
Italy | 2,514 | 2,992 | 7,495 | 8,388 | 1,234 | 1,559 | 619 | 1,662 |
Belgium | 2,148 | 2,009 | 546 | 476 | 258 | 285 | 279 | 769 |
Austria | 2,416 | 2,793 | 2,304 | 2,729 | 691 | 819 | 424 | 1,212 |
Australia | 1,530 | 1,777 | 2,940 | 2,825 | 77 | 85 | 2,939 | 7,900 |
Russia | 759 | 1,247 | 18,149 | 16,954 | 3,049 | 3,387 | 13,820 | 24,912 |
Korea | 238 | 464 | 4,906 | 4,207 | 16 | 44 | 237 | 867 |
USA | 809 | 1,048 | 8,747 | 7,250 | 710 | 771 | 2,089 | 4,299 |
China | 167 | 495 | 1,175 | 11,880 | 21 | 123 | 591 | 6,673 |
Spain | 692 | 962 | 3,153 | 3,449 | 261 | 287 | 748 | 2,673 |
Canada | 696 | 801 | 1,327 | 1,312 | 107 | 168 | 1,994 | 2,678 |
Others | 16,991 | 17,687 | 39,141 | 43,583 | 8,093 | 7,998 | 12,908 | 36,657 |
All countries | 106,905 | 119,494 | 146,887 | 163,658 | 26,900 | 30,292 | 59,759 | 151,496 |
* up to 29 Nov 2023
Tourist Arrivals, January to November 2022 & 2023 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023* | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | |
France | 206,435 | 282,602 | 36.9 | 42,288 | 44,016 | 4.1 | 42,079 | 40,225 | (4.4) | 32,817 | 50,742 | 54.6 |
UK | 126,887 | 131,478 | 3.6 | 162,145 | 138,721 | (14.4) | 20,130 | 18,294 | (9.1) | 77,308 | 110,823 | 43.4 |
Reunion | 56,503 | 116,045 | 105.4 | n/a | 3,101 | 3,533 | 13.9 | n/a | ||||
Germany | 89,737 | 107,365 | 19.6 | 122,448 | 122,704 | 0.2 | 41,740 | 47,984 | 15.0 | 50,558 | 88,792 | 75.6 |
South Africa
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79,230 | 86,434 | 9.1 | 12,772 | 8,550 | (33.1) | 7,491 | 713 | (90.5) | 1,244 | 2,543 | 104.4 |
India | 32,698 | 48,922 | 49.6 | 209,738 | 183,371 | (12.6) | 4,053 | 6,678 | 64.8 | 105,654 | 258,871 | 145.0 |
Switzerland | 24,945 | 30,700 | 23.1 | 31,593 | 33,658 | 6.5 | 14,246 | 13,727 | (3.6) | 12,012 | 20,902 | 74.0 |
Italy | 19,404 | 26,460 | 36.4 | 82,374 | 99,171 | 20.4 | 16,872 | 18,096 | 7.3 | 6,243 | 18,853 | 202.0 |
Saudi Arabia
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18,255 | 20,336 | 11.4 | 31,052 | 28,403 | (8.5) | 2,018 | 1,843 | (8.7) | 5,628 | 6,504 | 15.6 |
Belgium | 15,956 | 17,880 | 12.1 | 6,082 | 6,140 | 1.0 | 4,004 | 3,715 | (7.2) | 5,652 | 9,672 | 71.1 |
Australia | 4,745 | 17,008 | 258.4 | 22,173 | 30,731 | 38.6 | 822 | 1,372 | 66.9 | 25,766 | 56,589 | 119.6 |
Austria | 14,445 | 17,823 | 23.4 | 22,240 | 22,029 | (0.9) | 7,517 | 7,483 | (0.5) | 4,922 | 8,711 | 77.0 |
UAE | 12,494 | 13,781 | 10.3 | 10,330 | 12,890 | 24.8 | 15,032 | 14,793 | (1.6) | 1,140 | 2,603 | 128.3 |
Madagascar | 9,225 | 14,644 | 58.7 | n/a |
357 | 586 | 64.1 | n/a | ||||
Czech Rep. | 11,168 | 14,379 | 28.8 | 15,777 | 19,493 | 23.6 | 4,567 | 4,839 | 6.0 | 6,821 | 9,590 | 40.6 |
Poland | 7,370 | 13,450 | 82.5 | 20,832 | 25,306 | 21.5 | 6,514 | 5,949 | (8.7) | 14,671 | 14,729 | 0.4 |
Spain | 10,042 | 12,613 | 25.6 | 38,138 | 36,021 | (5.6) | 3,929 | 3,732 | (5.0) | 11,904 | 21,238 | 78.4 |
Russia | 7,540 | 13,025 | 72.7 | 182,332 | 191,617 | 5.1 | 27,132 | 34,845 | 28.4 | 71,309 | 167,841 | 135.4 |
Netherlands | 8,199 | 10,320 | 25.9 | 9,506 | 11,836 | 24.5 | 3,310 | 3,269 | (1.2) | 11,031 | 26,384 | 139.2 |
USA | 7,040 | 10,277 | 46.0 | 71,756 | 66,707 | (7.0) | 8,323 | 9,111 | 9.5 | 18,592 | 38,300 | 106.0 |
Denmark | 7,588 | 8,210 | 8.2 | 12,695 | 9,397 | (26.0) | 2,033 | 1,577 | (22.4) | 6,727 | 8,906 | 32.4 |
China | 1,437 | 7,275 | 406.3 | 12,073 | 175,592 | 1,354.4 | 247 | 1,633 | 561.1 | 4,080 | 60,515 | 1,383.2 |
Sweden | 5,233 | 7,617 | 45.6 | 10,306 | 9,340 | (9.4) | 2,534 | 3,026 | 19.4 | 4,205 | 6,525 | 55.2 |
Canada | 4,925 | 7,031 | 42.8 | 9,939 | 11,208 | 12.8 | 1,020 | 1,362 | 33.5 | 24,227 | 40,304 | 66.4 |
Romania | 5,035 | 5,864 | 16.5 | 9,801 | 14,264 | 45.5 | 3,575 | 3,140 | (12.2) | 2,906 | 3,137 | 7.9 |
Portugal | 4,249 | 4,767 | 12.2 | 12,491 | 10,963 | (12.2) | 1,982 | 1,627 | (17.9) | 1,750 | 3,416 | 95.2 |
Slovakia | 2,994 | 4,717 | 57.5 | 8,164 | 9,473 | 16.0 | 1,924 | 2,509 | 30.4 | 2,226 | 4,002 | 79.8 |
Israel | 3,499 | 3,847 | 9.9 | 14,703 | 10,932 | (25.6) | 14,433 | 12,896 | (10.6) | 7,869 | 19,096 | 142.7 |
Hungary | 2,447 | 4,165 | 70.2 | 13,595 | 13,527 | (0.5) | 4,741 | 3,495 | (26.3) | 2,024 | 2,746 | 35.7 |
Turkey | 3,394 | 4,103 | 20.9 | 9,520 | 12,856 | 35.0 | 1,564 | 1,279 | (18.2) | 1,290 | 3,224 | 149.9 |
Norway | 3,983 | 3,833 | (3.8) | 4,920 | 3,921 | (20.3) | 1,496 | 1,505 | 0.6 | 5,575 | 7,712 | 38.338.3 |
South Korea
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963 | 3,246 | 237.1 | 32,255 |
32,298
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0.1
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179 | 526 | 193.9 | 1,521 | 6,341 | 316.9 |
Singapore | 786 | 1,380 | 75.6 | 13,633 | 9,997 | (26.7) | 155 | 236 | 52.3 | 3,050 | 7,950 | 160.7 |
Malaysia | 413 | 1,233 | 198.5 | 7,204 | 12,100 | 68.0 | 115 | 117 | 1.7 | 2,260 | 9,156 | 305.1 |
Japan | 380 | 1,156 | 204.2 | 6,703 | 20,278 | 202.5 | 106 | 298 | 181.1 | 2,379 | 17,029 | 615.8 |
Bangladesh | 582 | 476 | (18.2) | 14,774 | 24,982 | 69.1 | 76 | 136 | 78.9 | 3,155 | 14,661 | 364.7 |
Thailand | 239 | 433 | 81.2 | 14,312 | 16,469 | 15.1 | 164 | 134 | (18.3) | 1,414 | 4,285 | 203.0 |
Brazil | 635 | 229 | (63.9) | 17,426 | 12,557 | (27.9) | 1,042 | 766 | (26.5) | 572 | 1,101 | 92.5 |
Maldives | 39 | 50 | 28.2 | 72 | 44 | (38.9) | 15,436 | 31,360 | 103.2 | |||
Others | 51,421 | 71,091 | 38.3 | 173,162 | 192,329 | 11.1 | 32,567 | 40,822 | 25.3 | 72,079 | 111,798 | 55.1 |
All markets
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862,560 | 1,146,265 | 32.9 | 1,491,252 | 1,683,847 | 12.9 | 303,262 | 317,915 | 4.8 | 628,017 | 1,276,951 | 103.3 |
* January to 29 November 2023
Top 5 Markets, January – November 2023 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives* | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 36.9% | 24.7% | Russia | 5.1% | 11.4% | Germany | 15.1% | 15.1% | India | 145.0% | 20.3% |
Reunion | 105.4% | 10.1% | India | -12.6% | 10.9% | France | -4.4% | 12.7% | Russia | 135.4% | 13.1% |
UK | 3.6% | 11.5% | China | 1,354.4% | 10.4% | Russia | 28.4% | 11.0% | UK | 43.4% | 8.7% |
Germany | 19.6% | 9.4% | UK | -14.4% | 8.2% | UK | -9.1% | 5.8% | Germany | 75.6% | 7.0% |
South Africa | 9.1% | 7.5% | Germany | 0.2% | 7.3% | Italy | 7.3% | 5.7% | China | 1,383.2% | 4.7% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |
*Up to 29 November 2023 for Maldives