Arrivals in October 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
France | 31,565 | 2.0% | 3,940 | 5.3% | 4,947 | -2.2% | 3,383 | -29.3% |
Reunion | 16,621 | -5.1% | N/A | 746 | 20.7% | N/A | ||
UK | 14,411 | -13.0% | 11,321 | 13.3% | 3,046 | 11.0% | 8,763 | -50.4% |
Germany | 11,245 | -13.1% | 13,625 | 2.0% | 6,370 | -1.1% | 7,820 | -21.2% |
RSA | 7,696 | -12.9% | 513 | -25.5% | 819 | -16.9% | 253 | -28.5% |
Switzerland | 6,099 | -5.4% | 3,892 | 0.5% | 2,015 | -3.9% | 1,453 | -26.4% |
India | 5,723 | 28.1% | 15,110 | 91.1% | 1,192 | 42.4% | 33,217 | -13.0% |
Italy | 3,739 | 1.0% | 6,560 | 15.8% | 1,975 | 1.8% | 947 | -38.5% |
China | 3,380 | -34.2% | 21,926 | -15.0% | 518 | -18.4% | 11,683 | -38.1% |
Belgium | 1,954 | 2.5% | 559 | -12.8% | 343 | -12.1% | 561 | -31.3% |
Australia | 1,743 | -2.9% | 3,710 | -1.7% | 127 | -47.5% | 5,562 | -19.5% |
Spain | 1,487 | -2.2% | 3,609 | 1.3% | 328 | -10.6% | 1,696 | -22.1% |
Netherlands | 1,392 | 3.6% | 840 | -25.5% | 330 | 1.2% | 1,659 | -48.5% |
Madagascar | 1,367 | -1.9% | N/A | 73 | 52.1% | N/A | ||
Austria | 1,259 | -30.5% | 1,613 | -14.7% | 662 | -24.7% | 543 | -47.6% |
Denmark | 1,028 | 23.6% | 1,014 | 1.4% | 168 | -26.6% | 636 | -36.0% |
Others | 18,309 | 8.4% | 53,696 | 21.0% | 12,301 | 24.4% | 40,567 | -9.2% |
All countries | 129,018 | -3.8% | 141,928 | 11.4% | 35,960 | 6.6% | 118,743 | -22.5% |
Arrivals, January to October 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 221,352 | 233,282 | 5.4 | 40,713 | 48,662 | 19.5 | 37,077 | 35,911 | (3.1) | 90,149 | 75,942 | (15.8) |
Reunion | 117,607 | 115,228 | (2.0) | N/A | 5,071 | 4,784 | (5.7) | N/A | ||||
UK | 120,694 | 114,462 | (5.2) | 93,300 | 102,286 | 9.6 | 22,095 | 24,329 | 10.1 | 205,377 | 161,754 | (21.2) |
Germany | 101,147 | 100,041 | (1.1) | 93,617 | 107,352 | 14.7 | 45,790 | 55,886 | 22.0 | 121,510 | 101,706 | (16.3) |
RSA | 96,319 | 92,890 | (3.6) | 5,876 | 6,970 | 18.6 | 9,273 | 9,014 | (2.8) | 5,284 | 4,726 | (10.6) |
India | 72,854 | 62,777 | (13.8) | 64,224 | 130,617 | 103.4 | 11,252 | 11,531 | 2.5 | 339,953 | 274,883 | (19.1) |
China | 60,157 | 37,674 | (37.4) | 247,911 | 252,275 | 1.8 | 8,338 | 5,350 | (35.8) | 228,794 | 134,903 | (41.0) |
Switzerland | 31,344 | 32,033 | 2.2 | 26,025 | 27,049 | 3.9 | 10,566 | 12,440 | 17.7 | 26,337 | 23,701 | (10.0) |
Italy | 28,077 | 31,444 | 12.0 | 79,583 | 103,935 | 30.6 | 21,204 | 23,624 | 11.4 | 31,227 | 27,269 | (12.7) |
Saudi Arabia | 14,762 | 20,757 | 40.6 | 20,289 | 22,948 | 13.1 | 1,378 | 1,386 | 0.6 | 31,198 | 14,006 | (55.1) |
Australia | 16,761 | 15,081 | (10.0) | 31,553 | 33,776 | 7.0 | 1,514 | 1,391 | (8.1) | 85,668 | 71,140 | (17.0) |
Netherlands | 13,519 | 14,352 | 6.2 | 11,910 | 10,478 | (12.0) | 3,285 | 2,945 | (10.4) | 49,517 | 33,922 | (31.5) |
Belgium | 12,364 | 13,555 | 9.6 | 5,178 | 6,026 | 16.4 | 2,828 | 2,627 | (7.1) | 14,755 | 12,699 | (13.9) |
Austria | 13,819 | 13,106 | (5.2) | 16,013 | 17,013 | 6.2 | 8,366 | 7,418 | (11.3) | 15,614 | 11,540 | (26.1) |
Madagascar | 11,588 | 13,007 | 12.2 | N/A | 612 | 646 | 5.6 | N/A | ||||
Spain | 12,960 | 12,304 | (5.1) | 26,723 | 30,047 | 12.4 | 3,801 | 3,772 | (0.8) | 24,353 | 20,255 | (16.8) |
UAE | 10,345 | 12,159 | 17.5 | 7,475 | 8,469 | 13.3 | 21,221 | 20,730 | (2.3) | 4,831 | 2,972 | (38.5) |
Czech Rep. | 10,713 | 11,720 | 9.4 | 10,743 | 10,782 | 0.4 | 3,249 | 4,321 | 33.0 | 13,474 | 15,139 | 12.4 |
Sweden | 10,353 | 9,408 | (9.1) | 11,167 | 9,711 | (13.0) | 2,813 | 2,510 | (10.8) | 19,417 | 16,284 | (16.1) |
Russia | 7,811 | 8,606 | 10.2 | 56,882 | 66,161 | 16.3 | 9,226 | 9,724 | 5.4 | 45,149 | 54,453 | 20.6 |
Poland | 7,554 | 8,566 | 13.4 | 9,616 | 15,835 | 64.7 | 3,873 | 5,480 | 41.5 | 15,187 | 14,039 | (7.6) |
USA | 8,119 | 8,252 | 1.6 | 33,506 | 43,091 | 28.6 | 8,073 | 8,746 | 8.3 | 60,661 | 52,016 | (14.3) |
Canada | 5,529 | 6,347 | 14.8 | 7,483 | 9,254 | 23.7 | 1,350 | 1,435 | 6.3 | 44,505 | 39,164 | (12.0) |
Korea | 5,331 | 5,394 | 1.2 | 26,959 | 29,590 | 9.8 | 1,200 | 843 | (29.8) | 12,993 | 9,747 | (25.0) |
Hungary | 2,511 | 3,152 | 25.5 | 6,207 | 7,752 | 24.9 | 2,176 | 3,036 | 39.5 | 3,583 | 3,170 | (11.5) |
Ukraine | 2,084 | 2,858 | 37.1 | 9,154 | 10,481 | 14.5 | 2,197 | 2,223 | 1.2 | 28,232 | 24,218 | (14.2) |
Israel | 1,666 | 2,449 | 47.0 | 6,524 | 9,172 | 40.6 | 4,053 | 4,394 | 8.4 | 12,005 | 12,528 | 4.4 |
Turkey | 2,094 | 2,428 | 16.0 | 8,671 | 8,059 | (7.1) | 1,800 | 1,466 | (18.6) | 3,395 | 3,134 | (7.7) |
Japan | 1,669 | 1,809 | 8.4 | 33,890 | 36,716 | 8.3 | 575 | 528 | (8.2) | 42,135 | 24,524 | (41.8) |
Malaysia | 1,922 | 1,720 | (10.5) | 18,963 | 17,955 | (5.3) | 152 | 176 | 15.8 | 18,400 | 13,423 | (27.0) |
Taiwan | 1,620 | 1,708 | 5.4 | 10,571 | 13,291 | 25.7 | 217 | 207 | (4.6) | 7,021 | 6,180 | (12.0) |
Thailand | 373 | 463 | 24.1 | 28,395 | 25,344 | (10.7) | 231 | 216 | (6.5) | 7,554 | 7,533 | (0.3) |
Maldives | 44 | 307 | 597.7 | 94 | 112 | 19.1 | 56,636 | 45,395 | (19.8) | |||
Qatar | 209 | 307 | 46.9 | 2,690 | 3,858 | 43.4 | 3,383 | 3,715 | 9.8 | 1,514 | 880 | (41.9) |
Mauritius | N/A | 2,884 | 3,258 | 13.0 | 525 | 428 | (18.5) | |||||
Others | 83,847 | 93,014 | 10.9 | 156,041 | 168,663 | 8.1 | 33,369 | 34,609 | 3.7 | 218,092 | 181,382 | (16.8) |
All markets | 1,109,118 | 1,102,660 | (0.6) | 1,207,852 | 1,393,618 | 15.4 | 294,586 | 310,783 | 5.5 | 1,885,045 | 1,495,055 | (20.7) |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – October 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 5.4% | 21.2% | China | 1.8% | 18.1% | Germany | 22.0% | 18.0% | India | -19.1% | 14.6% |
Reunion | -2.0% | 10.5% | India | 103.4% | 9.4% | France | -3.1% | 11.6% | UK | -21.2% | 8.6% |
UK | -5.2% | 10.4% | Germany | 14.7% | 7.7% | UK | 10.1% | 7.8% | China | -41.0% | 7.2% |
Germany | -1.1% | 9.1% | Italy | 30.6% | 7.5% | Italy | 11.4% | 7.6% | Germany | -16.3% | 5.4% |
RSA | -3.6% | 8.4% | UK | 9.6% | 7.3% | UAE | -2.3% | 6.7% | France | -15.8% | 4.0% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |