Arrivals in February 2022 and 2023
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 2022 2023* 2022 2023 2022 2023
France 19,536 30,211 8,930 9,636 4,664 4,789 5,699 6,118
UK 7,382 8,608 18,072 17,811 1,356 1,322 10,642 8,575
Germany 4,494 8,176 11,272 12,360 2,626 3,674 7,780 7,930
Reunion 321 4,616 n/a 174 175 n/a
South Africa 3,454 4,615 621 n/a 424 415 161 141
Czech Rep. 1,888 2,802 2,649 641 665 2,055 1,206
India 785 2,407 14,769 19,592 186 579 12,744 13,714
Austria 1,601 2,376 3,339 n/a 764 899 1,054 934
Switzerland 1,094 2,172 3,935 5,053 958 1,204 1,495 1,812
Italy 717 1,890 9,262 15,383 749 1,205 553 1,409
Poland 443 1,396 2,906 3,391 633 478 4,315 1,118
Russia 772 1,280 20,082 21,553 4,534 3,576 15,340 29,084
Australia 134 922 655 n/a 41 185 1,688 3,113
Netherlands 178 642 779 143 257 1,282 1,485
USA 228 621 5,784 6,285 645 749 1,855 2,443
Canada 183 471 743 n/a 78 146 1,958 3,107
China 112 240 282 4,442 51 49 266 1,535
Israel 86 275 851 n/a 597 1,361 1,587 2,188
Others 9,316 18,130 44,077 68,533 8,140 8,557 26,033 21,727
All countries 52,724 91,850 149,008 184,039 27,404 30,285 96,507 107,639

* up to 01 Mar 2023

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Tourist Arrivals, January to February 2022 & 2023
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023* %chg 2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023 %chg
France 30,716 58,233 89.6 14,088 16,407 16.5 6,875 6,960 1.2 9,315 10,958 17.6
Reunion 442 22,394 4,966.5 n/a 473 615 30.0 n/a
UK 12,772 17,203 34.7 31,254 33,178 6.2 2,170 2,347 8.2 18,084 17,058 (5.7)
Germany 8,880 16,353 84.2 21,290 23,257 9.2 4,541 6,189 36.3 13,119 16,147 23.1
South Africa 5,337 11,978 124.4 1,203 n/a 719 1,119 55.6 234 266 13.7
India 1,321 4,781 261.9 25,520 38,982 52.8 295 911 208.8 24,495 27,473 12.2
Italy 1,917 4,746 147.6 19,555 32,542 66.4 1,271 2,137 68.1 1,056 2,886 173.3
Austria 3,104 4,732 52.4 6,264 n/a 1,296 1,443 11.3 1,842 1,890 2.6
Czech Rep. 3,054 4,639 51.9 4,205 1,008 1,098 8.9 3,229 2,166 (32.9)
Switzerland 2,247 4,295 91.1 6,566 8,544 30.1 1,550 1,969 27.0 2,681 3,581 33.6
Sweden 1,134 3,158 178.5 3,690 n/a 434 813 87.3 1,501 1,707 13.7
Russia 2,506 2,873 14.6 43,429 45,707 5.2 10,159 7,264 (28.5) 28,818 54,338 88.6
Poland 896 2,797 212.2 5,712 6,749 18.2 1,269 899 (29.2) 7,500 2,387 (68.2)
Denmark 1,350 2,674 98.1 3,900 n/a 347 442 27.4 2,230 2,191 (1.7)
Belgium 1,509 2,126 40.9 1,471 476 637 33.8 1,115 1,371 23.0
Australia 254 2,111 731.1 1,354 56 300 435.7 4,502 6,781 50.6
Slovakia 1,102 1,925 74.7 2,584 380 661 73.9 878 866 (1.4)
Madagascar 221 1,897 758.4 n/a 4 110 2,650.0 n/a
Saudi Arabia 188 1,868 893.6 5,879 122 332 172.1 2,028 705 (65.2)
Hungary 733 1,738 137.1 5,459 1,532 833 (45.6) 927 805 (13.2)
Romania 1,029 1,592 54.7 3,171 1,101 917 (16.7) 1,304 714 (45.2)
Netherlands 411 1,488 262.0 1,474 237 428 80.6 2,373 2,999 26.4
USA 465 1,398 200.6 10,811 14,269 32.0 1,075 1,317 22.5 3,684 5,079 37.9
UAE 565 1,355 139.8 818 n/a 1,384 1,646 18.9 117 239 104.3
Canada 365 1,155 216.4 1,393 114 259 127.2 3,624 6,788 87.3
Turkey 453 1,062 134.4 2,139 255 438 71.8 340 608 78.8
Norway 489 872 78.3 1,366 159 329 106.9 1,116 1,265 13.4
Spain 544 778 43.0 4,128 358 401 12.0 1,341 1,627 21.3
China 160 577 260.6 572 10,427 1,722.9 61 142 132.8 492 2,370 381.7
Israel 127 568 347.2 1,508 n/a 836 2,334 179.2 2,294 4,056 76.8
Ukraine 1,280 549 (57.1) 7,919 2,707 389 (85.6) 13,062 1,446 (88.9)
Japan 31 364 1,074.2 233 9 37 311.1 214 1,718 702.8
Malaysia 41 115 180.5 343 7 23 228.6 306 1,153 276.8
Others 7,109 15,140 113.0 41,474 126,476 205.0 5,690 7,861 38.2 25,013 26,546 6.1
All markets 92,752 199,534 115.1 280,772 356,538 27.0 48,970 53,600 9.5 178,834 210,184 17.5

*January to 01 Mar 2023

Top 5 Markets, January to February 2023
Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share
France 89.6% 29.2% Russia 5.2% 12.8% Russia -28.5% 13.6% Russia 88.6% 25.9%
Reunion 4966.5% 11.2% India 52.8% 10.9% France 1.2% 13.0% India 12.2% 13.1%
UK 34.7% 8.6% UK 6.2% 9.3% Germany 36.3% 11.5% UK -5.7% 8.1%
Germany 84.2% 8.2% Italy 66.4% 9.1% UK 8.2% 4.4% Germany 23.1% 7.7%
South Africa 124.4% 6.0% Germany 9.2% 6.5% Israel 179.2% 4.4% France 17.6% 5.2%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority