Arrivals in April 2019 and 2022
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2019 2022 2019 2022 2019 2022 2019 2022
France 27,738 22,048 7,244 4,653 5,337 4,651 9,148 4,035
UK 12,474 13,370 12,876 22,523 2,906 2,698 24,718 334
South Africa 10,089 10,965 936 n/a 965 907 628 257
Germany 8,773 8,205 17,583 14,640 4,350 3,892 16,930 6,088
Switzerland 4,499 3,293 5,656 5,646 1,800 2,015 4,531 1,647
India 4,828 2,656 12,823 18,729 1,133 299 23,431 796
Reunion 7,267 2,470 n/a 254 250 n/a 
Belgium 1,788 1,587 1,052   471 544 1,626 846
Austria 1,261 1,462 2,257 2,386 780 680 1,656 575
Italy 3,448 1,364 15,043 10,202 4,154 2,313 3,303 584
Czech Rep. 864 1,240 1,228 n/a
 
 		 453 532 1,370 686
Denmark 611 1,117 1,123 143 263 1,887 10
Romania 362 1,050 983 223 672 444 475
Others 24,563 13,441 84,310 50,706 14,134 12,784 77,303 46,647
All countries 108,565   84,268 163,114   129,485 37,103   32,500 166,975   62,980

* up to 27 April 2022

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Cumulative Tourist Arrivals, January to April, 2019 – 2022
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2019 2020 2021 2022 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2019 2020 2021 2022 2019 2020 2021 2022
France 113,368 78,638 535 68,182 33,936 21,784 8,860 25,282 17,522 11,532 541 15,760 52,292 24,838 200 19,091
UK 41,051 22,357 45 36,409 48,992 32,818 10,857 73,107 9,461 5,645 241 6,738 110,186 55,455 732 42,531
South Africa 33,928 18,941 54 26,263 2,991 1,424 2,583 n/a 3,671 1,851 98 2,630 3,252 1,364 55 781
Germany 45,986 35,911 88 23,996 54,862 28,228 20,121 49,510 28,402 20,468 1,302 12,048 66,359 34,507 1,149 28,768
Switzerland 13,305 7,258 57 6,598 16,352 9,171 8,231 15,413 4,989 2,674 476 4,530 14,963 6,389 213 5,571
Czech Rep. 8,205 6,047 24 6,530 6,611 4,353 9,157 n/a 2,694 1,852 511 2,331 11,647 7,599 121 5,717
Reunion 42,387 30,505 46 6,481 n/a 1,959 1,573 5 1,105 n/a
Austria 8,025 6,324 20 5,873 10,475 6,917 4,859 11,483 4,064 1,948 441 2,675 8,585 4,300 94 3,304
India 21,081 12,447 352 5,088 48,876 34,863 86,648 65,412 5,033 2,827 158 917 130,578 89,357 1,075 56,389
Italy 13,549 7,511 40 4,504 67,891 44,611 3,281 40,238 9,348 2,736 190 4,721 19,408 8,603 102 2,370
Belgium 4,385 2,247 30 3,932 3,241 2,139 969 n/a 978 565 109 1,276 6,231 3,371 38 2,722
Russia 5,379 5,128 65 3,728 32,759 28,949 86,452 56,162 5,154 4,971 4,179 13,172 42,867 49,397 509 41,591
Denmark 3,488 2,431 0 3,043 5,732 3,430 814 n/a 708 455 41 833 10,771 4,905 42 4,724
Romania 2,336 2,645 10 2,769 4,519 4,017 10,907 1,101 756 546 2,119 2,927 1,724 38 2,296
UAE 3,948 1,548 25 2,378 3,163 1,132 3,432 7,635 2,841 3,410 5,019 1,686 352 11 408
Slovakia 2,406 2,301 3 1,979 3,673 2,888 4,128 1,071 1,031 79 874 2,953 1,513 79 1,627
Sweden 7,358 5,728 2 1,938 5,965 4,585 1,666 1,508 1,289 30 1,072 13,379 7,061 50 2,690
Netherlands 4,956 2,181 12 1,583 4,488 2,587 1,138 969 742 123 900 18,614 8,656 126 5,370
Poland 4,994 4,132 24 1,570 6,431 5,537 7,700 1,906 1,264 451 2,507 10,709 11,908 82 12,206
Spain 2,346 1,420 59 1,417 7,491 3,903 4,684 1,013 616 185 967 8,749 3,385 84 3,900
Ukraine 1,605 1,504 26 1,411 5,462 4,555 21,574 1,229 1,136 604 2,808 17,297 16,776 2,639 13,621
Madagascar 4,409 2,519 39 1,363 n/a 203 107 4 20 0 0 n/a n/a
USA 3,107 2,564 55 1,345 20,762 11,414 11,803 25,701 3,081 2,568 360 2,620 34,880 16,842 515 8,670
Hungary 2,401 2,001 3 1,283 5,107 4,736 5,586 n/a 1,631 1,545 173 2,756 2,591 1,588 19 1,652
Turkey 943 970 12 1,135 3,738 2,321 2,187 694 438 59 589 2,055 2,121 30 806
Canada 2,556 1,746 36 927 5,311 2,561 1,370 674 520 25 297 22,061 12,436 352 8,696
Israel 814 1,735 2 913 2,789 1,153 1,414 1,983 2,166 3,859 4,735 5,774 3,556 48 4,529
Australia 5,205 3,034 13 840 14,132 6,117 1,355 600 291 91 250 40,184 20,283 116 10,369
Saudi Arabia 4,271 4,960 1 699 7,492 7,359 214 10,260 460 542 83 428 5,530 4,755 2 3,650
China 14,807 5,009 84 403 95,272 33,889 504 n/a 
 		 2,461 1,360 53 89 92,475 26,147 842 1,111
Malaysia 541 286 3 91 7,800 2,874 105 68 47 2 26 6,544 3,494 15 867
Japan 748 313 14 61 17,552 8,302 222 171 103 6 25 15,245 6,644 41 689
South Korea 2,204 775 13 54 11,259 5,722 373 332 125 3 20 5,637 2,499 14 572
Qatar 96 35 0 47 1,519 642 897 1,310 644 429 1,022 519 129 3 79
Maldives 15 8 0 25     26 35 4 19 23,392 9,407 118 6,410
Mauritius    n/a 1,112 670 19 439 299 170 3 42
Others 34,667 21,693 1,038 18,228 79,449 47,794 65,679 188,428 13,396 9,001 2,140 11,818 96,936 55,780 4,240 44,495
All markets 460,870 304,852 2,830 243,086 646,092 382,775 389,770 560,996 138,617 88,934 21,030 110,155 907,575 507,311 13,797 348,314

*January to 27 April 2022

Top 5 Markets, Cumulative January to April 2019 & 2022
Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2019 2022 2019 2022* 2019 2022 2019 2022
Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share Markets Share
France 24.6% France 28.0% China 14.7% UK 13.0% Germany 20.5% France 14.3% India 14.0% India 16.2%
Germany 10.0% UK 15.0% Italy 10.5% India 11.7% France 12.6% Russia 12.0% UK 12.1% UK 12.2%
Reunion 9.2% RSA 10.8% Germany 8.5% Russia 10.0% UK 6.8% Germany 10.9% China 10.2% Russia 11.9%
UK 8.9% Germany 9.9% UK 7.6% Germany 8.8% Italy 6.7% UK 6.1% Germany 7.3% Germany 8.3%
RSA 7.4% Switzerland 2.7% India 7.6% Italy 7.2% UAE 5.5% UAE 4.6% France 5.8% France 5.5%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority