Arrivals in April 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
France | 27,738 | -0.9% | 7,244 | 22.7% | 5,337 | 2.8% | 9,148 | 23.4% |
UK | 12,474 | 7.3% | 12,876 | 18.5% | 2,906 | 4.3% | 24,718 | -5.2% |
RSA | 10,089 | -12.1% | 936 | 54.7% | 965 | -28.3% | 628 | -15.4% |
Germany | 8,773 | 9.6% | 17,583 | 93.9% | 4,350 | 24.0% | 16,930 | 56.7% |
Reunion | 7,267 | 21.2% | n/a | 1,959 | 387.3% | n/a | ||
India | 4,828 | -19.1% | 12,823 | 129.5% | 1,133 | 7.2% | 23,431 | -21.5% |
Switzerland | 4,499 | -2.6% | 5,656 | 15.1% | 1,800 | 58.0% | 4,531 | 59.3% |
Italy | 3,448 | 15.1% | 15,043 | 79.3% | 4,154 | 48.6% | 3,303 | 45.8% |
China | 2,423 | -41.8% | 18,704 | 23.9% | 301 | -31.3% | 14,263 | -18.3% |
Australia | 1,844 | 0.8% | 4,517 | 7.4% | 185 | 13.5% | 9,565 | -31.8% |
Belgium | 1,788 | 10.2% | 1,052 | 60.9% | 471 | 12.9% | 1,626 | 34.3% |
UAE | 1,390 | 90.4% | 1,453 | 70.3% | 2,472 | 28.1% | 479 | 64.6% |
Madagascar | 1,344 | 9.5% | n/a | 64 | -22.0% | n/a | ||
Netherlands | 1,318 | 4.4% | 1,162 | 11.5% | 312 | -22.0% | 3,523 | -11.7% |
Austria | 1,261 | 20.4% | 2,257 | 67.2% | 780 | 44.7% | 1,656 | 50.1% |
Saudi Arabia | 1,215 | 120.9% | 2,038 | 34.2% | 133 | -18.4% | 1,212 | -4.0% |
Others | 16,866 | 21.9% | 59,770 | 20.4% | 9,781 | 11.8% | 51,962 | -15.0% |
All countries | 108,565 | 3.4% | 163,114 | 36.3% | 37,103 | 19.3% | 166,975 | -7.5% |
Arrivals, January to April 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 110,783 | 113,368 | 2.3 | 26,748 | 33,936 | 26.9 | 15,660 | 17,522 | 11.9 | 51,321 | 52,292 | 1.9 |
Germany | 42,788 | 45,986 | 7.5 | 41,876 | 54,862 | 31.0 | 16,965 | 28,402 | 67.4 | 67,590 | 66,359 | (1.8) |
Reunion | 45,551 | 42,387 | (6.9) | n/a | 2,063 | 1,959 | (5.0) | n/a | ||||
UK | 43,025 | 41,051 | (4.6) | 43,499 | 48,992 | 12.6 | 7,598 | 9,461 | 24.5 | 103,186 | 110,186 | 6.8 |
RSA | 35,136 | 33,928 | (3.4) | 1,925 | 2,991 | 55.4 | 4,035 | 3,671 | (9.0) | 2,683 | 3,252 | 21.2 |
India | 23,177 | 21,081 | (9.0) | 25,023 | 48,876 | 95.3 | 4,821 | 5,033 | 4.4 | 131,293 | 130,578 | (0.5) |
China | 22,194 | 14,807 | (33.3) | 87,632 | 95,272 | 8.7 | 4,848 | 2,461 | (49.2) | 98,767 | 92,475 | (6.4) |
Italy | 12,109 | 13,549 | 11.9 | 49,878 | 67,891 | 36.1 | 8,139 | 9,348 | 14.9 | 16,614 | 19,408 | 16.8 |
Switzerland | 15,051 | 13,305 | (11.6) | 15,735 | 16,352 | 3.9 | 3,668 | 4,989 | 36.0 | 12,865 | 14,963 | 16.3 |
Czech Rep. | 7,156 | 8,205 | 14.7 | 6,581 | 6,611 | 0.5 | 1,860 | 2,694 | 44.8 | 11,647 | 9,317 | (20.0) |
Austria | 8,284 | 8,025 | (3.1) | 9,496 | 10,475 | 10.3 | 4,537 | 4,064 | (10.4) | 8,585 | 9,665 | 12.6 |
Sweden | 8,082 | 7,358 | (9.0) | 6,764 | 5,965 | (11.8) | 1,646 | 1,508 | (8.4) | 14,301 | 13,379 | (6.4) |
Russia | 4,978 | 5,279 | 6.0 | 30,848 | 32,759 | 6.2 | 5,541 | 5,154 | (7.0) | 35,728 | 42,867 | 20.0 |
Australia | 5,936 | 5,205 | (12.3) | 12,136 | 14,132 | 16.4 | 588 | 600 | 2.0 | 38,100 | 40,184 | 5.5 |
Poland | 4,484 | 4,994 | 11.4 | 5,400 | 6,431 | 19.1 | 1,602 | 1,906 | 19.0 | 9,288 | 10,709 | 15.3 |
Netherlands | 4,577 | 4,956 | 8.3 | 4,049 | 4,488 | 10.8 | 1,104 | 969 | (12.2) | 18,321 | 18,614 | 1.6 |
Madagascar | 3,743 | 4,409 | 17.8 | n/a | 322 | 203 | (37.0) | n/a | ||||
Belgium | 4,285 | 4,385 | 2.3 | 2,631 | 3,241 | 23.2 | 1,017 | 978 | (3.8) | 5,601 | 6,231 | 11.2 |
Saudi Arabia | 2,606 | 4,271 | 63.9 | 7,345 | 7,492 | 2.0 | 445 | 460 | 3.4 | 7,722 | 5,530 | (28.4) |
UAE | 2,973 | 3,948 | 32.8 | 2,271 | 3,163 | 39.3 | 7,147 | 7,635 | 6.8 | 1,294 | 1,686 | 30.3 |
Denmark | 3,754 | 3,488 | (7.1) | 5,562 | 5,732 | 3.1 | 717 | 708 | (1.3) | 9,411 | 10,771 | 14.5 |
USA | 3,259 | 3,107 | (4.7) | 14,630 | 20,762 | 41.9 | 3,034 | 3,081 | 1.5 | 31,865 | 34,880 | 9.5 |
Canada | 2,045 | 2,556 | 25.0 | 3,860 | 5,311 | 37.6 | 636 | 674 | 6.0 | 19,766 | 22,061 | 11.6 |
Hungary | 1,756 | 2,401 | 36.7 | 4,139 | 5,107 | 23.4 | 1,181 | 1,631 | 38.1 | 2,512 | 2,591 | 3.1 |
Spain | 2,657 | 2,346 | (11.7) | 6,073 | 7,491 | 23.3 | 1,151 | 1,013 | (12.0) | 7,592 | 8,749 | 15.2 |
Romania | 1,746 | 2,336 | 33.8 | 3,880 | 4,519 | 16.5 | 971 | 1,101 | 13.4 | 2,908 | 2,927 | 0.7 |
Korea | 1,938 | 2,204 | 13.7 | 10,737 | 11,259 | 4.9 | 441 | 332 | (24.7) | 6,075 | 5,637 | (7.2) |
Ukraine | 1,228 | 1,605 | 30.7 | 4,989 | 5,462 | 9.5 | 1,458 | 1,229 | (15.7) | 17,754 | 17,297 | (2.6) |
Turkey | 1,146 | 943 | (17.7) | 3,884 | 3,738 | (3.8) | 965 | 694 | (28.1) | 1,899 | 2,055 | 8.2 |
Israel | 487 | 814 | 67.1 | 1,942 | 2,789 | 43.6 | 1,834 | 1,983 | 8.1 | 4,342 | 5,774 | 33.0 |
Japan | 693 | 748 | 7.9 | 14,341 | 17,552 | 22.4 | 203 | 171 | (15.8) | 18,098 | 15,245 | (15.8) |
Taiwan | 600 | 704 | 17.3 | 4,236 | 5,286 | 24.8 | 62 | 67 | 8.1 | 3,387 | 3,870 | (12.5) |
Malaysia | 678 | 541 | (20.2) | 7,185 | 7,800 | 8.6 | 72 | 68 | (5.6) | 7,300 | 6,544 | (10.4) |
Thailand | 137 | 140 | 2.2 | 9,863 | 8,217 | (16.7) | 102 | 75 | (26.5) | 3,070 | 3,682 | 19.9 |
Qatar | 53 | 96 | 81.1 | 891 | 1,519 | 70.5 | 1,456 | 1,310 | (10.0) | 517 | 519 | 0.4 |
Maldives | 10 | 15 | 50.0 | 38 | 26 | (31.6) | 23,785 | 23,392 | (1.7) | |||
Others | 32,277 | 36,329 | 12.6 | 63,767 | 102,181 | 60.2 | 14,874 | 15,437 | 3.8 | 93,166 | 93,886 | 0.8 |
All markets | 461,382 | 460,870 | (0.1) | 539,816 | 646,092 | 19.7 | 122,801 | 138,617 | 12.9 | 888,353 | 907,575 | 2.2 |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – April 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 2.3% | 24.6% | China | 8.7% | 14.7% | Germany | 67.4% | 20.5% | India | -0.5% | 14.7% |
Germany | 7.5% | 10.0% | Italy | 36.1% | 10.5% | France | 11.9% | 12.6% | UK | 6.8% | 12.4% |
Reunion | -6.9% | 9.2% | Germany | 31.0% | 8.5% | UK | 24.5% | 6.8% | China | -6.4% | 10.4% |
UK | -4.6% | 8.9% | UK | 12.6% | 7.6% | Italy | 14.9% | 6.7% | Germany | -1.8% | 7.5% |
RSA | -3.4% | 7.4% | India | 95.3% | 7.6% | UAE | 6.8% | 5.5% | France | 1.9% | 5.9% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |