Arrivals in March 2019
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
Arrivals YoY chg Arrivals YoY chg Arrivals YoY chg Arrivals YoY chg
France 26,471 10.2% 8,809 36.5% 5,033 38.7% 13,957 -5.8%
Reunion 12,635 -7.9% n/a 627 -6.7% n/a
Germany 12,355 0.3% 16,320 11.1% 7,490 25.5% 18,134 -25.8%
UK 10,772 -13.0% 12,377 4.6% 2,593 27.2% 29,682 -2.3%
RSA 10,636 2.4% 851 46.2% 1,328 10.0% 1,007 27.3%
India 4,813 -18.5% 11,836 140.8% 1,035 -18.4% 34,812 13.8%
Italy 3,336 17.9% 18,285 38.5% 2,255 -1.8% 4,309 3.7%
Switzerland 2,825 -26.1% 3,911 4.0% 1,132 15.4% 3,179 -13.7%
China 2,524 -38.5% 19,479 47.5% 200 -74.5% 23,759 12.6%
Czech Republic 2,191 -3.9% 1,743 3.4% 777 22.2% 3,041 13.7%
Austria 1,900 -12.7% 2,340 -17.5% 854 -44.9% 1,932 -24.9%
UAE 1,251 -3.3% 836 11.3% 2,448 -14.6% 590 40.5%
Netherlands 1,240 21.4% 1,142 28.7% 241 5.7% 4,864 7.3%
Russia 1,224 14.7% 9,282 18.0% 1,368 -1.9% 12,705 39.8%
Madagascar 1,140 3.3% n/a 60 -58.0% n/a
Australia 1,106 -20.0% 3,842 28.2% 114 1.8% 11,441 28.1%
Belgium 1,102 3.4% 844 21.4% 213 -14.8% 1,646 -1.2%
Saudi Arabia 1,087 109.8% 2,023 59.5% 109 2.8% 1,402 40.6%
Sweden 1,081 -47.8% 1,197 -28.4% 309 -40.2% 2,660 -14.4%
Others 14,730 -10.1% 47,726 8.0% 7,058 -24.3% 75,208 8.3%
All countries 114,419 -4.5% 162,843 22.0% 35,244 -2.0% 244,328 4.7%
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Arrivals, January to March 2018 & 2019
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2018 2019 % chg 2018 2019 % chg 2018 2019 % chg 2018 2019 % chg
France 82,783 85,630 3.4 20,845 26,692 28.0 10,466 12,185 16.4 43,910 43,144 (1.7)
Germany 34,782 37,213 7.0 32,806 37,279 13.6 13,458 24,052 78.7 56,787 49,429 (13.0)
Reunion 39,553 35,120 (11.2) n/a 1,661 1,705 2.6  n/a
UK 31,396 28,577 (9.0) 32,633 36,116 10.7 4,811 6,555 36.3 77,123 85,468 10.8
RSA 23,654 23,839 0.8 1,320 2,055 55.7 2,689 2,706 0.6 1,941 2,624 35.2
India 17,210 16,253 (5.6) 19,435 36,053 85.5 3,764 3,900 3.6 101,433 107,147 5.6
China 18,028 12,384 (31.3) 72,539 76,568 5.6 4,410 2,160 (51.0) 81,305 78,212 (3.8)
Italy 9,114 10,101 10.8 41,489 52,848 27.4 5,343 5,194 (2.8) 14,348 16,105 12.2
Switzerland 10,433 8,806 (15.6) 10,819 10,696 (1.1) 2,529 3,189 26.1 10,020 10,432 4.1
Czech Rep. 5,966 7,341 23.0 5,233 5,383 2.9 1,569 2,241 42.8 8,013 10,277 28.3
Sweden 7,803 6,887 (11.7) 5,971 4,967 (16.8) 1,471 1,237 (15.9) 13,228 12,091 (8.6)
Austria 7,237 6,764 (6.5) 8,146 8,218 0.9 3,998 3,284 (17.9) 8,562 6,929 (19.1)
Poland 3,790 4,428 16.8 4,276 5,244 22.6 1,110 1,364 22.9 8,125 9,795 20.6
Russia 3,908 4,298 10.0 24,415 26,284 7.7 4,354 3,995 (8.2) 31,701 39,187 23.6
Netherlands 3,314 3,638 9.8 3,007 3,326 10.6 704 657 (6.7) 14,333 15,091 5.3
Australia 4,106 3,361 (18.1) 7,929 9,615 21.3 425 415 (2.4) 24,077 30,619 27.2
Madagascar 2,516 3,065 21.8 n/a 251 139 (44.6)  n/a
Saudi Arabia 2,056 3,056 48.6 5,826 5,454 (6.4) 310 327 5.5 6,459 4,318 (33.1)
Denmark 3,495 2,877 (17.7) 4,814 4,609 (4.3) 635 565 (11.0) 8,468 8,884 4.9
UAE 2,243 2,558 14.0 1,418 1,710 20.6 5,218 5,163 (1.1) 1,003 1,207 20.3
USA 2,624 2,362 (10.0) 11,364 16,339 43.8 2,247 2,301 2.4 23,186 30,070 29.7
Hungary 1,599 2,095 31.0 3,700 4,464 20.6 1,024 1,374 34.2 2,281 2,324 1.9
Canada 1,656 2,086 26.0 3,063 4,302 40.5 516 517 0.2 14,794 18,320 23.8
Romania 1,478 1,974 33.6 3,158 3,536 12.0 723 878 21.4 2,439 2,483 1.8
Spain 2,079 1,570 (24.5) 4,562 4,555 (0.2) 898 631 (29.7) 5,520 5,989 8.5
Korea 1,283 1,531 19.3 7,729 8,156 5.5 343 267 (22.2) 5,250 4,960 (5.5)
Ukraine 1,005 1,427 42.0 4,024 4,641 15.3 1,122 1,036 (7.7) 15,306 16,073 5.0
Turkey 956 767 (19.8) 2,939 2,992 1.8 795 521 (34.5) 1,655 1,720 3.9
Japan 507 614 21.1 10,643 11,163 4.9 134 106 (20.9) 14,586 13,042 (10.6)
Malaysia 459 345 (24.8) 5,059 5,386 6.5 60 56 (6.7) 5,473 5,549 1.4
Thailand 81 97 19.8 5,973 4,794 (19.7) 74 46 (37.8) 2,379 2,920 22.7
Maldives 9 9 0.0 33 23 (30.3) 18,089 18,737 3.6
Others 29,292 31,232 6.6 54,968 64,327 17.0 14,545 12,725 (12.5) 86,130 87,454 1.5
All markets 356,415 352,305 (1.2) 420,103 482,978 15.0 91,690 101,514 10.7 707,924 740,600 4.6

* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more

Top 5 Markets, January – March 2019
Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share
France 3.4% 24.3% China 5.6% 15.9% Germany 78.7% 23.7% India 5.6% 15.1%
Germany 7.0% 10.6% Italy 27.4% 10.9% France 16.4% 12.0% UK 10.8% 12.1%
Reunion -11.2% 10.0% Germany 13.6% 7.7% UK 36.3% 6.5% China -3.8% 11.0%
UK -9.0% 8.1% UK 10.7% 7.5% Italy -2.8% 5.1% Germany -13.0% 7.0%
RSA 0.8% 6.8% India 85.5% 7.5% UAE -1.1% 5.1% France -1.7% 6.1%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority