Arrivals in February 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
France | 32,257 | 5.6% | 10,730 | 33.2% | 4,912 | 15.3% | 17,295 | 2.5% |
Germany | 12,827 | 3.9% | 11,140 | 13.8% | 8,729 | 98.8% | 17,268 | 1.2% |
UK | 9,435 | (6.0%) | 13,564 | 19.4% | 2,287 | 45.4% | 29,750 | 24.9% |
India | 6,225 | (0.4%) | 12,584 | 108.4% | 1,617 | 4.6% | 32,286 | (1.9%) |
China | 5,938 | (39.4%) | 31,285 | (6.6%) | 1,465 | (44.1%) | 28,039 | (22.0%) |
RSA | 5,534 | (8.9%) | 484 | 101.7% | 669 | 3.4% | 747 | 32.9% |
Reunion | 4,661 | (3.5%) | n/a | 224 | 19.8% | n/a | ||
Switzerland | 3,048 | (11.5%) | 3,819 | (7.6%) | 1,199 | 41.6% | 3,796 | 17.4% |
Italy | 2,979 | 5.6% | 17,795 | 27.5% | 1,642 | 0.1% | 5,363 | 10.7% |
Czech Republic | 2,863 | 22.7% | 2,366 | 7.4% | 908 | 52.6% | 4,449 | 44.4% |
Sweden | 2,742 | (5.5%) | 2,063 | (2.2%) | 630 | 12.9% | 4,739 | 4.5% |
Austria | 2,577 | (5.5%) | 3,285 | 8.7% | 1,441 | (3.5%) | 2,709 | (14.2%) |
Poland | 1,645 | 21.9% | 1,751 | 23.0% | 399 | (5.5%) | 3,302 | 3.3% |
Denmark | 1,349 | (10.4%) | 2,242 | 10.7% | 272 | 11.5% | 3,980 | 23.3% |
Netherlands | 1,315 | 6.3% | 1,127 | 1.3% | 230 | (22.3%) | 5,126 | 8.2% |
Russia | 1,053 | 8.7% | 7,334 | 5.5% | 1,075 | (18.2%) | 13,008 | 17.8% |
Others | 19,165 | 16.7% | 47,014 | 22.6% | 9,108 | 6.7% | 80,176 | 18.9% |
All countries | 115,613 | 0.0% | 168,583 | 16.8% | 36,807 | 18.1% | 252,033 | 7.0% |
Arrivals, January to February 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 58,769 | 59,159 | 0.7% | 14,393 | 17,883 | 24.2% | 6,837 | 7,152 | 4.6% | 29,092 | 29,187 | 0.3% |
Germany | 22,470 | 24,858 | 10.6% | 18,114 | 20,959 | 15.7% | 7,488 | 16,562 | 121.2% | 32,365 | 31,295 | (3.3%) |
Reunion | 25,828 | 22,485 | (12.9%) | n/a | 989 | 1,078 | 9.0% | n/a | ||||
UK | 19,012 | 17,805 | (6.3%) | 20,804 | 23,739 | 14.1% | 2,772 | 3,962 | 42.9% | 46,757 | 55,786 | 19.3% |
RSA | 13,272 | 13,203 | (0.5%) | 738 | 1,204 | 63.1% | 1,482 | 1,378 | (7.0%) | 1,150 | 1,617 | 40.6% |
India | 11,305 | 11,440 | 1.2% | 14,519 | 24,217 | 66.8% | 2,496 | 2,865 | 14.8% | 70,850 | 72,335 | 2.1% |
China | 13,921 | 9,860 | (29.2%) | 59,336 | 57,089 | (3.8%) | 3,625 | 1,960 | (45.9%) | 60,204 | 54,453 | (9.6%) |
Italy | 6,284 | 6,765 | 7.7% | 28,291 | 34,563 | 22.2% | 3,046 | 2,939 | (3.5%) | 10,191 | 11,796 | 15.7% |
Switzerland | 6,610 | 5,981 | (9.5%) | 7,059 | 6,785 | (3.9%) | 1,548 | 2,057 | 32.9% | 6,338 | 7,253 | 14.4% |
Sweden | 5,732 | 5,806 | 1.3% | 4,299 | 3,770 | (12.3%) | 954 | 928 | (2.7%) | 10,119 | 9,431 | (6.8%) |
Czech Rep. | 3,685 | 5,150 | 39.8% | 3,548 | 3,640 | 2.6% | 933 | 1,464 | 56.9% | 5,339 | 7,236 | 35.5% |
Austria | 5,060 | 4,864 | (3.9%) | 5,311 | 5,878 | 10.7% | 2,449 | 2,430 | (0.8%) | 5,989 | 4,997 | (16.6%) |
Poland | 3,031 | 3,681 | 21.4% | 3,154 | 3,799 | 20.5% | 741 | 942 | 27.1% | 6,449 | 7,142 | 10.7% |
Russia | 2,841 | 3,074 | 8.2% | 16,548 | 17,002 | 2.7% | 2,959 | 2,627 | (11.2%) | 22,612 | 26,482 | 17.1% |
Netherlands | 2,293 | 2,398 | 4.6% | 2,120 | 2,184 | 3.0% | 476 | 416 | (12.6%) | 9,800 | 10,227 | 4.4% |
Denmark | 2,387 | 2,335 | (2.2%) | 3,348 | 3,590 | 7.2% | 376 | 438 | 16.5% | 6,241 | 7,039 | 12.8% |
Australia | 2,724 | 2,255 | (17.2%) | 4,931 | 5,773 | 17.1% | 313 | 301 | (3.8%) | 15,145 | 19,178 | 26.6% |
Saudi Arabia | 1,538 | 1,969 | 28.0% | 4,558 | 3,431 | (24.7%) | 204 | 218 | 6.9% | 5,462 | 2,916 | (46.6%) |
Hungary | 1,187 | 1,615 | 36.1% | 2,714 | 3,536 | 30.3% | 707 | 1,027 | 45.3% | 1,764 | 1,701 | (3.6%) |
Romania | 1,153 | 1,592 | 38.1% | 2,380 | 2,741 | 15.2% | 531 | 644 | 21.3% | 1,878 | 1,804 | (3.9%) |
USA | 1,729 | 1,499 | (13.3%) | 7,321 | 9,756 | 33.3% | 1,398 | 1,535 | 9.8% | 13,485 | 17,527 | 30.0% |
UAE | 949 | 1,307 | 37.7% | 667 | 874 | 31.0% | 2,352 | 2,715 | 15.4% | 583 | 617 | 5.8% |
Canada | 1,071 | 1,305 | 21.8% | 2,007 | 2,818 | 40.4% | 339 | 289 | (14.7%) | 9,681 | 12,309 | 27.1% |
Ukraine | 758 | 1,042 | 37.5% | 2,833 | 3,150 | 11.2% | 822 | 715 | (13.0%) | 11,774 | 11,834 | 0.5% |
Spain | 1,115 | 1,037 | (7.0%) | 2,444 | 2,777 | 13.6% | 383 | 402 | 5.0% | 3,068 | 3,609 | 17.6% |
Korea | 772 | 1,030 | 33.4% | 5,066 | 5,651 | 11.5% | 262 | 199 | (24.0%) | 3,852 | 3,746 | (2.8%) |
Turkey | 740 | 564 | (23.8%) | 2,286 | 2,257 | (1.3%) | 624 | 369 | (40.9%) | 1,290 | 1,276 | (1.1%) |
Japan | 265 | 412 | 55.5% | 6,853 | 7,083 | 3.4% | 81 | 64 | (21.0%) | 9,957 | 8,431 | (15.3%) |
Malaysia | 252 | 231 | (8.3%) | 2,587 | 3,041 | 17.5% | 52 | 41 | (21.2%) | 3,479 | 3,551 | 2.1% |
Maldives | 2 | 6 | 200.0% | 16 | 15 | (6.3%) | 10,850 | 10,935 | 0.8% | |||
Others | 19,819 | 23,158 | 16.8% | 38,408 | 55,845 | 45.4% | 8,467 | 8,538 | 0.8% | 58,778 | 60,562 | 3.0% |
All markets | 236,574 | 237,886 | 0.6% | 286,637 | 320,135 | 11.7% | 55,722 | 66,270 | 18.9% | 474,542 | 496,272 | 4.6% |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – February 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 0.7% | 24.9% | China | (3.8%) | 17.8% | Germany | 121.2% | 25.0% | India | 2.1% | 15.2% |
Germany | 10.6% | 10.4% | Italy | 22.2% | 10.8% | France | 4.6% | 10.8% | UK | 19.3% | 11.8% |
Reunion | (12.9%) | 9.5% | India | 66.8% | 7.6% | UK | 42.9% | 6.0% | China | (9.6%) | 11.5% |
UK | (6.3%) | 7.5% | UK | 14.1% | 7.4% | Italy | (3.5%) | 4.4% | Germany | (3.3%) | 6.3% |
RSA | (0.5%) | 5.6% | Germany | 15.7% | 6.5% | India | 14.8% | 4.3% | France | 0.3% | 6.2% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |