| Arrivals in August 2022 and 2023 | ||||||||
| Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023* | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| France | 19,101 | 22,132 | 2,478 | 3,379 | 4,647 | 3,813 | 2,784 | 6,223 |
| Reunion | 6,301 | 9,595 | n/a | 138 | 252 | n/a | ||
| UK | 13,772 | 12,781 | 12,955 | 11,020 | 1,771 | 1,517 | 6,776 | 15,035 |
| South Africa | 6,977 | 7,884 | 1,238 | n/a | 439 | 568 | 51 | 338 |
| Germany | 8,397 | 8,081 | 9,472 | 8,714 | 4,108 | 3,947 | 3,251 | 8,472 |
| India | 3,682 | 4,677 | 16,374 | 13,914 | 342 | 480 | 5,340 | 30,593 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,541 | 2,929 | 3,120 | n/a | 235 | 163 | 220 | 708 |
| Belgium | 1,533 | 1,345 | 330 | n/a | 297 | 275 | 475 | 1,330 |
| Spain | 2,563 | 2,612 | 6,803 | 6,175 | 812 | 678 | 2,148 | 4,455 |
| Italy | 3,398 | 3,696 | 10,356 | 10,698 | 3,564 | 2,834 | 937 | 5,110 |
| Australia | 351 | 1,642 | 2,051 | n/a | 68 | 82 | 1,898 | 5,522 |
| Netherlands | 1,128 | 1,158 | 1,083 | n/a | 371 | 294 | 1,021 | 3,429 |
| USA | 726 | 927 | 4,965 | 4,668 | 671 | 760 | 1,105 | 3,107 |
| China | 144 | 1,132 | 1,253 | 29,790 | 15 | 226 | 534 | 9,262 |
| Canada | 510 | 567 | 737 | n/a | 80 | 150 | 2,581 | 4,735 |
| Russia | 441 | 719 | 21,792 | 18,662 | 1,599 | 2,945 | 1,426 | 6,853 |
| Others | 13,695 | 16,603 | 34,663 | 56,028 | 8,660 | 7,846 | 6,570 | 27,837 |
| All countries | 86,605 | 98,990 | 131,862 | 163,048 | 29,366 | 28,177 | 37,760 | 136,405 |
* up to 02 September 2023
| Tourist Arrivals, January to August 2022 & 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023* | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | 2022 | 2023 | %chg | |
| France | 131,221 | 193,060 | 47.1 | 34,353 | 35,781 | 4.2 | 30,278 | 29,219 | (3.5) | 28,235 | 41,243 | 46.1 |
| Reunion | 32,277 | 88,419 | 173.9 | n/a | 2,446 | 2,798 | 14.4 | n/a | ||||
| UK | 83,621 | 88,287 | 5.6 | 122,944 | 101,190 | (17.7) | 14,360 | 12,865 | (10.4) | 65,655 | 83,339 | 26.9 |
| Germany | 54,252 | 68,546 | 26.3 | 85,690 | 81,573 | (4.8) | 27,134 | 30,487 | 12.4 | 40,359 | 61,682 | 52.8 |
| South Africa | 56,903 | 61,922 | 8.8 | 9,634 | n/a | 5,324 | 713 | (86.6) | 1,027 | 1,852 | 80.3 | |
| India | 22,819 | 37,420 | 64.0 | 153,207 | 153,207 | (10.9) | 2,964 | 5,253 | 77.2 | 80,132 | 170,247 | 112.5 |
| Switzerland | 13,244 | 17,574 | 32.7 | 22,090 | 23,498 | 6.4 | 9,637 | 8,887 | (7.8) | 9,708 | 15,686 | 61.6 |
| Italy | 11,836 | 18,561 | 56.8 | 64,141 | 79,813 | 24.4 | 12,446 | 13,441 | 8.0 | 4,792 | 14,967 | 212.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13,688 | 16,239 | 18.6 | 25,858 | 1,612 | 1,432 | (11.2) | 4,827 | 5,011 | 3.8 | ||
| Austria | 8,973 | 11,762 | 31.1 | 16,590 | n/a | 5,473 | 5,174 | (5.5) | 4,107 | 5,995 | 46.0 | |
| Czech Rep. | 8,321 | 10,974 | 31.9 | 12,053 | 3,407 | 3,422 | 0.4 | 6,263 | 6,123 | (2.2) | ||
| Belgium | 9,768 | 11,445 | 17.2 | 4,610 | 2,877 | 2,699 | (6.2) | 4,783 | 7,176 | 50.0 | ||
| UAE | 9,049 | 11,346 | 25.4 | 8,329 | 12,190 | 11,930 | (2.1) | 890 | 2,037 | 128.9 | ||
| Australia | 2,210 | 11,375 | 414.7 | 13,035 | 506 | 988 | 95.3 | 18,412 | 37,743 | 105.0 | ||
| Russia | 5,337 | 9,713 | 82.0 | 123,206 | 145,666 | 18.2 | 18,738 | 26,274 | 40.2 | 49,747 | 125,137 | 151.5 |
| Poland | 4,265 | 9,616 | 125.5 | 14,723 | n/a |
4,840 | 3,935 | (18.7) | 13,334 | 8,369 | (37.2) | |
| Madagascar | 5,842 | 10,147 | 73.7 | n/a | 224 | 389 | 73.7 | n/a | ||||
| Spain | 7,213 | 9,207 | 27.6 | 27,364 | 24,892 | (9.0) | 2,902 | 2,776 | (4.3) | 9,266 | 13,663 | 47.5 |
| USA | 4,560 | 7,373 | 61.7 | 50,917 | 49,225 | (3.3) | 5,744 | 6,460 | 12.5 | 14,259 | 28,993 | 103.3 |
| Netherlands | 5,328 | 7,349 | 37.9 | 7,061 | n/a | 2,271 | 2,401 | 5.7 | 9,350 | 18,720 | 100.2 | |
| Denmark | 4,977 | 6,013 | 20.8 | 9,858 | 1,507 | 1,205 | (20.0) | 5,986 | 7,114 | 18.8 | ||
| Sweden | 2,861 | 5,493 | 92.0 | 7,351 | 1,552 | 2,055 | 32.4 | 3,431 | 4,633 | 35.0 | ||
| Canada | 3,294 | 5,165 | 56.8 | 6,632 | 638 | 908 | 42.3 | 19,056 | 32,898 | 72.6 | ||
| Romania | 3,719 | 4,558 | 22.6 | 7,376 | 2,870 | 2,269 | (20.9) | 2,573 | 2,156 | (16.2) | ||
| Slovakia | 2,313 | 3,877 | 67.6 | 6,476 | 1,390 | 1,951 | 40.4 | 1,902 | 2,733 | 43.7 | ||
| China | 1,029 | 4,842 | 370.6 | 6,270 | 122,181 | 1,848.7 | 161 | 1,054 | 554.7 | 2,384 | 39,186 | 1,543.7 |
| Hungary | 1,615 | 3,156 | 95.4 | 11,151 | n/a | 3,970 | 2,599 | (34.5) | 1,791 | 1,933 | (7.9) | |
| Portugal | 3,010 | 3,440 | 14.3 | 9,454 | 1,521 | 1,237 | (18.7) | 1,390 | 2,269 | 63.2 | ||
| Turkey | 2,369 | 3,173 | 33.9 | 7,077 | 1,165 | 976 | (16.2) | 1,028 | 2,053 | 99.7 | ||
| Norway | 2,703 | 2,996 | 10.8 | 3,920 | 1,063 | 1,166 | 9.7 | 4,736 | 6,149 | 29.8 | ||
| Israel | 1,817 | 2,849 | 56.8 | 9,976 | 9,173 | 10,058 | 9.6 | 5,938 | 14,287 | 140.6 | ||
| South Korea | 377 | 2,179 | 478.0 | 18,060 | 94 | 394 | 319.1 | 935 | 4,214 | 350.7 | ||
| Philippines | 1,780 | 2,059 | 15.7 | 3,791 | 277 | 406 | 46.6 | 1,299 | 2,774 | 113.5 | ||
| Ukraine | 1,583 | 1,290 | (18.5) | 9,863 | 2,951 | 1,022 | (65.4) | 13,908 | 3,023 | (78.3) | ||
| Japan | 218 | 826 | 278.9 | 3,774 | 47 | 199 | 323.4 | 1,458 | 11,029 | 656.4 | ||
| Maldives | 35 | 38 | 8.6 | 53 | 27 | (49.1) | 10,553 | 22,791 | 116.0 | |||
| Others | 32,818 | 50,999 | 55.4 | 161,800 | 437,959 | 170.7 | 22,972 | 30,136 | 31.2 | 52,916 | 97,093 | 83.5 |
| All markets | 557,245 | 803,288 | 44.2 | 1,078,634 | 1,238,275 | 14.8 | 216,777 | 229,205 | 5.7 | 496,430 | 904,318 | 82.2 |
*January to 02 September 2023
| Top 5 Markets, January – August 2023 | |||||||||||
| Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
| France | 47.1% | 24.0% | Russia | 18.2% | 11.8% | Germany | 12.4% | 13.3% | India | 112.5% | 18.8% |
| Reunion | 173.9% | 11.0% | India | -10.9% | 11.0% | France | -3.5% | 12.6% | Russia | 151.5% | 13.8% |
| UK | 5.6% | 11.0% | China | 1848.7% | 9.9% | Russia | 40.2% | 11.5% | UK | 26.9% | 9.2% |
| Germany | 26.3% | 8.5% | UK | -17.7% | 8.2% | UK | -10.4% | 5.6% | Germany | 52.8% | 6.8% |
| South Africa | 8.8% | 7.7% | Germany | -4.8% | 6.6% | Italy | 8.0% | 5.6% | France | 46.1% | 4.6% |
| Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority | ||||||||
* Up to 02 September 2023 for Maldives
