Arrivals in December 2022 and 2023 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023* | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |
France | 32,429 | 36,920 | 6,053 | 5,185 | 2,314 | 2,185 | 2,665 | 5,509 |
UK | 13,960 | 14,395 | 17,164 | 17,273 | 1,453 | 1,576 | 7,879 | 19,265 |
Reunion | 16,833 | 18,177 | n/a | 432 | 540 | n/a |
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Germany | 7,030 | 11,181 | 10,984 | 12,387 | 2,886 | 6,941 | 4,984 | 13,747 |
Switzerland | 3,405 | 3,885 | 3,021 | 3,600 | 971 | 969 | 1,248 | 2,654 |
India | 4,258 | 5,215 | 31,644 | 25,822 | 904 | 924 | 17,350 | 43,973 |
Italy | 3,631 | 3,847 | 15,253 | 19,354 | 1,522 | 1,463 | 1,206 | 3,389 |
South Africa | 17,086 | 19,735 | 2,068 | 1,528 | 1,694 | 1,783 | 258 | 901 |
Australia | 2,241 | 2,679 | 2,876 | 2,953 | 145 | 163 | 5,158 | 10,847 |
Russia | 1,291 | 2,576 | 19,622 | 17,529 | 3,441 | 3,327 | 19,963 | 29,657 |
Austria | 2,046 | 2,178 | 2,816 | 2,901 | 607 | 763 | 619 | 1,883 |
USA | 1,317 | 1,342 | 8,941 | 8,131 | 836 | 868 | 3,638 | 8,044 |
Sweden | 1,799 | 1,761 | 1,835 | 1,854 | 586 | 513 | 892 | 2,118 |
China | 297 | 691 | 2,950 | 11,533 | 53 | 583 | 635 | 8,274 |
Canada | 1,325 | 1,122 | 1,458 | 1,521 | 132 | 133 | 2,618 | 3,640 |
Spain | 1,603 | 800 | 3,985 | 4,440 | 445 | 376 | 991 | 2,667 |
Poland | 827 | 1,074 | 2,758 | 3,088 | 357 | 483 | 524 | 3,217 |
Korea | 208 | 352 | 3,693 | 3,926 | 27 | 28 | 322 | 957 |
Others | 23,144 | 21,215 | 46,930 | 51,671 | 10,001 | 9,346 | 21,011 | 49,610 |
All countries | 134,730 | 149,145 | 184,051 | 194,696 | 28,806 | 32,964 | 91,961 | 210,352 |
* up to 31 December 2023
Tourist Arrivals, January to December 2022 & 2023 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023* | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | |
France | 238,864 | 319,522 | 33.8 | 48,341 | 49,201 | 1.8 | 44,393 | 42,410 | (4.5) | 35,482 | 56,251 | 58.5 |
UK | 140,847 | 145,873 | 3.6 | 179,309 | 155,994 | (13.0) | 21,583 | 19,870 | (7.9) | 85,187 | 130,088 | 52.7 |
Reunion | 73,336 | 134,222 | 83.0 | n/a | 3,533 |
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Germany | 96,767 | 118,546 | 22.5 | 133,432 | 135,091 | 1.2 | 44,626 | 54,925 | 23.1 | 55,542 | 102,539 | 84.6 |
South Africa
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96,316 | 106,169 | 10.2 | 14,840 | 10,078 | (32.1) | 9,185 | 9,411 | 2.5 | 1,502 | 3,444 | 129.3 |
India | 36,956 | 54,137 | 46.5 | 241,382 | 209,193 | (13.3) | 4,957 | 7,602 | 53.4 | 123,004 | 302,844 | 146.2 |
Italy | 23,035 | 30,307 | 31.6 | 97,627 | 118,525 | 21.4 | 18,394 | 19,559 | 6.3 | 7,449 | 22,242 | 198.6 |
Switzerland | 28,350 | 34,585 | 22.0 | 34,614 | 37,258 | 7.6 | 15,217 | 14,696 | (3.4) | 13,260 | 23,556 | 77.6 |
Saudi Arabia
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19,388 | 21,122 | 8.9 | 32,384 | 29,963 | (7.5) | 2,156 | 1,955 | (9.3) | 5,952 | 6,797 | 14.2 |
Belgium | 17,791 | 19,531 | 9.8 | 6,745 | 6,881 | 2.0 | 4,151 | 3,880 | (6.5) | 6,164 | 10,667 | 73.1 |
Australia | 6,986 | 19,687 | 181.8 | 25,049 | 33,684 | 34.5 | 967 | 1,535 | 58.7 | 30,924 | 67,436 | 118.1 |
Austria | 16,491 | 20,001 | 21.3 | 25,056 | 24,930 | (0.5) | 8,124 | 8,246 | 1.5 | 5,541 | 10,594 | 91.2 |
UAE | 14,416 | 14,687 | 1.9 | 11,456 | 14,043 | 22.6 | 16,918 | 16,410 | (3.0) | 1,347 | 2,945 | 118.6 |
Czech Rep. | 12,455 | 15,590 | 25.2 | 17,308 | 21,729 | 25.5 | 5,015 | 2,428 | (51.6) | 7,350 | 12,056 | 64.0 |
Madagascar | 10,752 | 16,777 | 56.0 | n/a | 394 | 649 | 64.7 | n/a | ||||
Spain | 11,645 | 13,413 | 15.2 | 42,123 | 40,461 | (3.9) | 4,374 | 4,108 | (6.1) | 12,895 | 23,905 | 85.4 |
Poland | 8,197 | 14,524 | 77.2 | 23,590 | 28,394 | 20.4 | 6,871 | 6,432 | (6.4) | 15,195 | 17,946 | 18.1 |
Russia | 8,831 | 15,601 | 76.7 | 201,954 | 209,146 | 3.6 | 30,573 | 38,172 | 24.9 | 91,272 | 197,498 | 116.4 |
Netherlands | 9,166 | 11,208 | 22.3 | 10,452 | 12,977 | 24.2 | 3,610 | 3,513 | (2.7) | 11,987 | 29,056 | 142.4 |
USA | 8,357 | 11,619 | 39.0 | 80,697 | 74,838 | (7.3) | 9,159 | 9,979 | 9.0 | 22,230 | 46,344 | 108.5 |
Denmark | 8,192 | 8,753 | 6.8 | 13,344 | 10,010 | (25.0) | 2,125 | 1,720 | (19.1) | 7,278 | 10,346 | 42.2 |
China | 1,734 | 7,966 | 359.4 | 12,764 | 187,125 | 1,366.0 | 300 | 2,216 | 638.7 | 4,715 | 68,789 | 1,358.9 |
Sweden | 7,032 | 9,378 | 33.4 | 12,141 | 11,194 | (7.8) | 3,120 | 3,539 | 13.4 | 5,097 | 8,643 | 69.6 |
Canada | 6,250 | 8,153 | 30.4 | 11,397 | 12,729 | 11.7 | 1,152 | 1,495 | 29.8 | 26,845 | 43,944 | 63.7 |
Romania | 5,709 | 6,341 | 11.1 | 11,579 | 17,010 | 46.9 | 3,992 | 3,566 | (10.7) | 3,313 | 4,092 | 23.5 |
Portugal | 4,566 | 5,133 | 12.4 | 13,377 | 11,950 | (10.7) | 2,099 | 1,742 | (17.0) | 1,906 | 3,943 | 106.9 |
Slovakia | 3,499 | 5,206 | 48.8 | 9,170 | 10,651 | 16.2 | 2,103 | 2,714 | 29.1 | 2,432 | 4,464 | 83.6 |
Israel | 4,408 | 3,896 | (11.6) | 15,748 | 10,966 | (30.4) | 15,880 | 12,945 | (18.5) | 9,326 | 19,517 | 109.3 |
Turkey | 3,749 | 4,436 | 18.3 | 10,502 | 14,016 | 33.5 | 1,665 | 1,459 | (12.4) | 1,514 | 3,739 | 147.0 |
Hungary | 2,966 | 4,767 | 60.7 | 15,224 | 15,575 | 2.3 | 5,134 | 3,842 | (25.2) | 2,324 | 3,786 | 62.9 |
Norway | 4,669 | 4,297 | (8.0) | 5,336 | 4,330 | (18.9) | 1,703 | 1,683 | (1.2) | 5,983 | 8,747 | 46.2 |
South Korea
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1,171 | 3,598 | 207.3 | 35,948 | 36,324 | 1.0 | 206 | 554 | 168.9 | 1,843 | 7,298 | 296.0 |
Ukraine | 2,115 | 1,903 | (10.0) | 12,947 | 12,051 | (6.9) | 3,347 | 1,457 | (56.5) | 14,917 | 5,082 | (65.9) |
Singapore | 1,033 | 1,687 | 63.3 | 15,939 | 11,776 | (26.1) | 180 | 276 | 53.3 | 3,770 | 9,551 | 153.3 |
Malaysia | 604 | 1,315 | 117.7 | 8,479 | 13,551 | 59.8 | 120 | 129 | 7.5 | 2,779 | 10,940 | 293.7 |
Japan | 468 | 1,246 | 166.2 | 8,543 | 23,041 | 169.7 | 117 | 341 | 191.5 | 3,087 | 19,583 | 534.4 |
Maldives | 45 | 59 | 31.1 | 79 |
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(36.7)
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18,880 | 37,328 | 97.7 | |||
Others | 60,134 | 80,155 | 33.3 | 236,506 | 263,858 | 11.6 | 34,546 | 41,298 | 19.5 | 71,686 | 151,303 | 111.1 |
All markets
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997,290 | 1,295,410 | 29.9 | 1,675,303 | 1,878,543 | 12.1 | 332,068 | 350,879 | 5.7 | 719,978 | 1,487,303 | 106.6 |
*January to 31 December 2023
Top 5 Markets, Cumulative January to December 2023 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives* | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 33.8% | 24.7% | Russia | 3.6% | 11.1% | Germany | 23.1% | 15.7% | India | 146% | 20.4% |
Reunion | 83.0% | 10.4% | India | -13.3% | 11.1% | France | -4.5% | 12.1% | Russia | 116% | 13.3% |
UK | 3.6% | 11.3% | China | 1366.0% | 10.0% | Russia | 24.9% | 10.9% | UK | 53% | 8.7% |
Germany | 22.5% | 9.2% | UK | -13.0% | 8.3% | UK | -7.9% | 5.7% | Germany | 85% | 6.9% |
South Africa | 11.2% | 8.2% | Germany | 1.2% | 7.2% | Italy | 6.3% | 5.6% | China | 1359% | 4.6% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |
* Up to 31 December 2023 for Maldives