Arrivals in July 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
France | 20,581 | 4.1% | 8,266 | 304.6% | 2,657 | -10.7% | 7,142 | -36.8% |
Reunion | 17,055 | 5.0% | N/A | 792 | -14.4% | N/A | ||
UK | 12,396 | -4.4% | 8,470 | 0.6% | 2,423 | -11.8% | 13,010 | -48.4% |
RSA | 7,597 | -21.2% | 549 | -26.3% | 697 | -7.9% | 237 | -60.4% |
Germany | 7,491 | -4.3% | 2,242 | -67.7% | 4,326 | -4.8% | 8,385 | -22.5% |
India | 6,317 | -15.8% | 11,035 | 93.8% | 1,115 | -3.5% | 18,309 | -41.0% |
China | 4,494 | -31.4% | 32,569 | -2.0% | 591 | -2.5% | 6,926 | -74.8% |
Saudi Arabia | 4,485 | 12.3% | 3,493 | 0.8% | 159 | -54.4% | 2,903 | -65.5% |
Switzerland | 3,566 | 18.3% | 2,273 | 19.7% | 1,498 | 4.0% | 3,421 | -37.3% |
Netherlands | 2,300 | 2.2% | 1,296 | -16.6% | 555 | 11.9% | 6,385 | -52.1% |
Belgium | 2,295 | 12.1% | 713 | 24.7% | 429 | -13.2% | 2,603 | -29.3% |
Italy | 2,256 | 14.8% | 5,337 | 14.9% | 2,242 | 30.4% | 1,431 | -55.9% |
Spain | 2,041 | -13.8% | 4,313 | 26.6% | 559 | 40.1% | 2,383 | -29.0% |
UAE | 1,962 | -1.9% | 1,206 | -2.7% | 2,427 | -1.5% | 423 | -64.7% |
Madagascar | 1,912 | 43.2% | N/A | 72 | -100.0% | N/A | ||
Australia | 1,739 | -17.3% | 3,701 | 2.1% | 125 | -15.5% | 5,619 | -36.2% |
USA | 1,073 | 5.9 | 3,997 | 14.4% | 960 | 10.1 | 2,974 | (58.5) |
Others | 15,888 | 19.4% | 42,684 | 3.2% | 7,692 | 11.5% | 33,550 | -40.9% |
All countries | 115,448 | -0.4% | 132,144 | 8.0% | 29,319 | 1.0% | 115,701 | -46.9% |
Arrivals, January to July 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 158,219 | 164,770 | 4.1 | 32,403 | 45,649 | 40.9 | 25,348 | 25,151 | (0.8) | 70,033 | 62,543 | (10.7) |
Reunion | 82,585 | 80,802 | (2.2) | N/A | 3,750 | 3,442 | (8.2) | N/A | ||||
UK | 75,923 | 74,003 | (2.5) | 65,956 | 73,262 | 11.1 | 14,625 | 16,391 | 12.1 | 149,835 | 130,514 | (12.9) |
Germany | 67,366 | 69,392 | 3.0 | 64,759 | 71,479 | 10.4 | 29,437 | 39,966 | 35.8 | 91,113 | 79,823 | (12.4) |
RSA | 63,832 | 62,379 | (2.3) | 3,843 | 4,893 | 27.3 | 6,521 | 6,152 | (5.7) | 4,060 | 3,928 | (3.3) |
India | 56,398 | 47,703 | (15.4) | 46,776 | 93,175 | 99.2 | 8,892 | 8,786 | (1.2) | 237,369 | 175,181 | (26.2) |
China | 40,371 | 26,439 | (34.5) | 160,639 | 172,834 | 7.6 | 6,465 | 3,889 | (39.8) | 163,754 | 104,486 | (36.2) |
Switzerland | 20,766 | 21,350 | 2.8 | 19,694 | 20,587 | 4.5 | 6,478 | 8,411 | 29.8 | 20,795 | 19,633 | (5.6) |
Italy | 17,167 | 19,391 | 13.0 | 61,016 | 80,713 | 32.3 | 12,894 | 14,762 | 14.5 | 22,286 | 21,966 | (1.4) |
Saudi Arabia | 9,190 | 13,704 | 49.1 | 13,579 | 15,113 | 11.3 | 1,012 | 876 | (13.4) | 22,219 | 10,008 | (55.0) |
Austria | 10,405 | 10,244 | (1.5) | 12,278 | 13,415 | 9.3 | 6,240 | 5,708 | (8.5) | 12,487 | 9,828 | (21.3) |
Australia | 10,744 | 9,883 | (8.0) | 21,196 | 23,785 | 12.2 | 958 | 1,020 | 6.5 | 61,771 | 52,698 | (14.7) |
Czech Rep. | 8,562 | 9,865 | 15.2 | 8,650 | 8,585 | (0.8) | 2,614 | 3,442 | 31.7 | 11,260 | 13,191 | 17.1 |
Netherlands | 8,938 | 9,456 | 5.8 | 7,101 | 6,803 | (4.2) | 2,138 | 1,938 | (9.4) | 36,064 | 26,070 | (27.7) |
UAE | 7,180 | 9,049 | 26.0 | 4,807 | 5,901 | 22.8 | 14,262 | 14,524 | 1.8 | 3,211 | 2,256 | (29.7) |
Belgium | 8,094 | 8,786 | 8.5 | 3,685 | 4,529 | 22.9 | 1,926 | 1,795 | (6.8) | 10,561 | 9,548 | (9.6) |
Madagascar | 7,048 | 8,173 | 16.0 | N/A | 459 | 371 | (19.2) | N/A | ||||
Sweden | 9,021 | 8,159 | (9.6) | 8,604 | 7,553 | (12.2) | 2,091 | 1,859 | (11.1) | 16,867 | 14,617 | (13.3) |
Russia | 6,156 | 6,701 | 8.9 | 42,767 | 48,294 | 12.9 | 7,220 | 7,323 | 1.4 | 39,289 | 45,722 | 16.4 |
Poland | 5,894 | 6,592 | 11.8 | 7,543 | 10,157 | 34.7 | 2,661 | 3,477 | 30.7 | 11,940 | 11,974 | 0.3 |
Spain | 6,447 | 5,899 | (8.5) | 13,437 | 15,837 | 17.9 | 2,126 | 2,160 | 1.6 | 13,467 | 12,210 | (9.3) |
USA | 5,845 | 5,852 | 0.1 | 24,078 | 31,681 | 31.6 | 5,263 | 5,703 | 8.4 | 48,131 | 41,664 | (13.4) |
Canada | 4,009 | 4,910 | 22.5 | 5,481 | 7,051 | 28.6 | 970 | 972 | 0.2 | 33,756 | 30,289 | (10.3) |
Denmark | 4,819 | 4,822 | 0.1 | 7,739 | 7,532 | (2.7) | 1,275 | 1,054 | (17.3) | 13,777 | 13,112 | (4.8) |
Korea | 3,454 | 3,646 | 5.6 | 18,392 | 19,880 | 8.1 | 744 | 534 | (28.2) | 9,374 | 7,241 | (22.8) |
Hungary | 2,035 | 2,730 | 34.2 | 4,893 | 6,125 | 25.2 | 1,580 | 2,228 | 41.0 | 2,916 | 2,812 | (3.6) |
Ukraine | 1,636 | 2,118 | 29.5 | 6,768 | 7,623 | 12.6 | 1,777 | 1,708 | (3.9) | 21,740 | 19,257 | (11.4) |
Turkey | 1,598 | 1,790 | 12.0 | 6,125 | 5,811 | (5.1) | 1,399 | 1,124 | (19.7) | 2,605 | 2,486 | (4.6) |
Malaysia | 1,264 | 1,223 | (3.2) | 14,471 | 13,006 | (10.1) | 109 | 132 | 21.1 | 12,959 | 9,181 | (29.2) |
Israel | 999 | 1,205 | 20.6 | 3,249 | 4,477 | 37.8 | 2,465 | 2,657 | 7.8 | 6,785 | 7,756 | 14.3 |
Japan | 1,136 | 1,156 | 1.8 | 22,110 | 25,426 | 15.0 | 350 | 334 | (4.6) | 29,199 | 18,014 | (38.3) |
Taiwan | 988 | 1,116 | 13.0 | 7,425 | 9,063 | 22.1 | 106 | 109 | 2.8 | 5,288 | 4,623 | (12.6) |
Thailand | 237 | 309 | 30.4 | 20,772 | 17,697 | (14.8) | 168 | 129 | (23.2) | 5,492 | 5,278 | (3.9) |
Maldives | 34 | 292 | 758.8 | 58 | 48 | (17.2) | 39,838 | 32,227 | (19.1) | |||
Qatar | 155 | 233 | 50.3 | 1,845 | 2,745 | 48.8 | 2,526 | 2,620 | 3.7 | 1,020 | 673 | (34.0) |
Mauritius | N/A | 2,056 | 2,088 | 1.6 | 386 | 349 | (9.6) | |||||
Others | 54,231 | 61,388 | 13.2 | 106,766 | 114,052 | 6.8 | 22,162 | 23,544 | 6.2 | 150,829 | 122,992 | (18.5) |
All markets | 762,746 | 765,530 | 0.4 | 848,847 | 994,733 | 17.2 | 201,125 | 216,427 | 7.6 | 1,382,476 | 1,124,150 | (18.7) |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – July 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 4.1% | 21.5% | China | 7.6% | 17.4% | Germany | 35.8% | 18.5% | India | -26.2% | 12.7% |
Reunion | -2.2% | 10.6% | India | 99.2% | 9.4% | France | -0.8% | 11.6% | UK | -12.9% | 9.4% |
UK | -2.5% | 9.7% | Italy | 32.3% | 8.1% | UK | 12.1% | 7.6% | China | -36.2% | 7.6% |
Germany | 3.0% | 9.1% | UK | 11.1% | 7.4% | Italy | 14.5% | 6.8% | Germany | -12.4% | 7.1% |
RSA | -2.3% | 8.1% | Germany | 10.4% | 7.2% | UAE | 1.8% | 6.7% | France | -10.7% | 4.5% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |