Arrivals in June 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
RSA | 12,971 | 15.6% | 870 | 27.8% | 1,196 | 13.5% | 287 | -44.8% |
France | 11,721 | 20.9% | 1,439 | 36.1% | 1,855 | -15.7% | 1,989 | -46.1% |
UK | 9,933 | 2.8% | 7,145 | 10.6% | 2,110 | 6.7% | 4,365 | -63.9% |
India | 9,842 | -17.3% | 15,875 | 116.0% | 1,433 | 6.1% | 15,048 | -54.4% |
Germany | 8,303 | 28.2% | 6,830 | 29.3% | 4,087 | 16.1% | 3,312 | -42.8% |
Reunion | 6,737 | 10.8% | N/A | 260 | 28.7% | N/A | ||
Saudi Arabia | 4,657 | 108.3% | 3,841 | 88.0% | 206 | 24.8% | 1,500 | -72.3% |
China | 3,759 | -37.4% | 23,983 | 4.9% | 476 | -18.6% | 3,496 | -82.9% |
Switzerland | 2,028 | 84.0% | 814 | 22.8% | 958 | 61.6% | 818 | -39.0% |
UAE | 1,978 | 38.3% | 1,453 | 70.9% | 3,119 | 2.7% | 130 | -73.4% |
Italy | 1,911 | 11.0% | 4,042 | 24.9% | 1,794 | -6.5% | 675 | -50.6% |
Australia | 1,473 | -5.5% | 2,713 | -1.3% | 138 | 55.1% | 4,410 | -55.9% |
Belgium | 1,194 | 26.6% | 294 | 34.2% | 220 | 4.8% | 561 | -28.5% |
Netherlands | 1,151 | 6.3% | 537 | -26.2% | 250 | -3.1% | 696 | -70.4% |
Others | 14,740 | 11.5% | 43,639 | 10.2% | 7,659 | 13.1% | 25,785 | -48.0% |
All countries | 92,398 | 9.5% | 113,475 | 21.0% | 25,761 | 7.7% | 63,072 | -57.0% |
Arrivals, January to June 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 138,456 | 144,189 | 4.1 | 30,360 | 37,383 | 23.1 | 22,371 | 22,494 | 0.5 | 58,730 | 55,401 | (5.7) |
Reunion | 66,339 | 63,747 | (3.9) | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Germany | 59,535 | 61,901 | 4.0 | 57,827 | 69,237 | 19.7 | 24,892 | 35,640 | 43.2 | 80,288 | 71,438 | (11.0) |
UK | 62,962 | 61,607 | (2.2) | 57,535 | 64,792 | 12.6 | 11,879 | 13,968 | 17.6 | 124,627 | 117,504 | (5.7) |
RSA | 54,188 | 54,782 | 1.1 | 3,098 | 4,344 | 40.2 | 5,764 | 5,455 | (5.4) | 3,462 | 3,691 | 6.6 |
India | 48,898 | 41,386 | (15.4) | 41,082 | 82,140 | 99.9 | 7,736 | 7,671 | (0.8) | 206,337 | 156,872 | (24.0) |
China | 33,823 | 21,945 | (35.1) | 127,412 | 140,265 | 10.1 | 5,859 | 3,298 | (43.7) | 136,294 | 97,560 | (28.4) |
Switzerland | 17,752 | 17,784 | 0.2 | 17,795 | 18,314 | 2.9 | 5,038 | 6,913 | 37.2 | 15,335 | 16,212 | 5.7 |
Italy | 15,202 | 17,135 | 12.7 | 56,372 | 75,376 | 33.7 | 11,175 | 12,520 | 12.0 | 19,039 | 20,535 | 7.9 |
Austria | 9,547 | 9,336 | (2.2) | 10,977 | 12,000 | 9.3 | 5,444 | 4,872 | (10.5) | 10,845 | 8,980 | (17.2) |
Czech Rep. | 8,053 | 9,294 | 15.4 | 7,520 | 7,609 | 1.2 | 2,336 | 3,194 | 36.7 | 10,210 | 12,194 | 19.4 |
Saudi Arabia | 5,198 | 9,219 | 77.4 | 10,113 | 11,620 | 14.9 | 663 | 717 | 8.1 | 13,810 | 7,105 | (48.6) |
Australia | 8,641 | 8,144 | (5.8) | 17,571 | 20,084 | 14.3 | 810 | 895 | 10.5 | 52,970 | 47,079 | (11.1) |
Sweden | 8,639 | 7,835 | (9.3) | 7,748 | 6,826 | (11.9) | 1,880 | 1,724 | (8.3) | 15,661 | 14,043 | (10.3) |
Netherlands | 6,687 | 7,156 | 7.0 | 5,547 | 5,507 | (0.7) | 1,642 | 1,383 | (15.8) | 22,722 | 19,685 | (13.4) |
UAE | 5,181 | 7,087 | 36.8 | 3,567 | 4,695 | 31.6 | 11,798 | 12,097 | 2.5 | 2,012 | 1,833 | (8.9) |
Belgium | 6,047 | 6,491 | 7.3 | 3,113 | 3,816 | 22.6 | 1,432 | 1,366 | (4.6) | 6,880 | 6,945 | 0.9 |
Russia | 5,858 | 6,386 | 9.0 | 38,397 | 42,949 | 11.9 | 6,735 | 6,681 | (0.8) | 38,127 | 44,422 | 16.5 |
Madagascar | 5,713 | 6,261 | 9.6 | N/A | 422 | 299 | (29.1) | N/A | ||||
Poland | 5,361 | 6,051 | 12.9 | 6,665 | 8,220 | 23.3 | 2,187 | 2,884 | 31.9 | 10,659 | 11,211 | 5.2 |
USA | 4,832 | 4,779 | (1.1) | 20,584 | 27,684 | 34.5 | 4,391 | 4,743 | 8.0 | 40,967 | 38,690 | (5.6) |
Canada | 3,105 | 3,954 | 27.3 | 4,880 | 6,365 | 30.4 | 847 | 853 | 0.7 | 27,739 | 26,463 | (4.6) |
Spain | 4,079 | 3,858 | (5.4) | 10,029 | 11,524 | 14.9 | 1,727 | 1,601 | (7.3) | 10,110 | 9,827 | (2.8) |
Denmark | 4,069 | 3,840 | (5.6) | 6,210 | 6,325 | 1.9 | 883 | 794 | (10.1) | 10,826 | 11,371 | 5.0 |
Korea | 3,077 | 3,313 | 7.7 | 15,915 | 17,358 | 9.1 | 654 | 474 | (27.5) | 7,930 | 6,594 | (16.8) |
Hungary | 1,925 | 2,609 | 35.5 | 4,621 | 5,663 | 22.5 | 1,457 | 2,007 | 37.7 | 2,753 | 2,710 | (1.6) |
Ukraine | 1,535 | 1,978 | 28.9 | 6,127 | 6,854 | 11.9 | 1,693 | 1,585 | (6.4) | 20,331 | 18,489 | (9.1) |
Turkey | 1,452 | 1,592 | 9.6 | 5,028 | 4,963 | (1.3) | 1,270 | 988 | (22.2) | 2,356 | 2,303 | (2.2) |
Singapore | 1,160 | 1,230 | 6.0 | 6,006 | 7,067 | 17.7 | 184 | 217 | 17.9 | 9,462 | 6,846 | (27.6) |
Israel | 879 | 1,049 | 19.3 | 2,570 | 3,636 | 41.5 | 2,380 | 2,513 | 5.6 | 5,440 | 6,511 | 19.7 |
Japan | 983 | 1,024 | 4.2 | 19,187 | 22,624 | 17.9 | 297 | 271 | (8.8) | 25,401 | 16,703 | (34.2) |
Malaysia | 1,146 | 1,017 | (11.3) | 12,302 | 11,256 | (8.5) | 93 | 105 | 12.9 | 11,293 | 8,155 | (27.8) |
Taiwan | 831 | 992 | 19.4 | 6,120 | 7,645 | 24.9 | 79 | 107 | 35.4 | 4,364 | 4,259 | (2.4) |
Thailand | 196 | 248 | 26.5 | 17,345 | 14,872 | (14.3) | 148 | 109 | (26.4) | 4,685 | 4,709 | 0.5 |
Qatar | 129 | 175 | 35.7 | 1,462 | 2,167 | 48.2 | 2,241 | 2,210 | (1.4) | 753 | 558 | (25.9) |
Maldives | 31 | 51 | 64.5 | 53 | 39 | (26.4) | 33,490 | 28,352 | (15.3) | |||
Mauritius | N/A | 1,713 | 1,660 | (3.1) | 314 | 314 | 0.0 | |||||
Others | 45,356 | 50,637 | 11.6 | 85,430 | 91,409 | 7.0 | 21,926 | 22,761 | 3.8 | 118,425 | 102,885 | (13.1) |
All markets | 646,865 | 650,082 | 0.5 | 726,515 | 862,589 | 18.7 | 172,099 | 187,108 | 8.7 | 1,164,647 | 1,008,449 | (13.4) |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – June 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 4.1% | 22.2% | China | 10.1% | 16.3% | Germany | 43.2% | 19.0% | India | -24.0% | 13.5% |
Reunion | -3.9% | 9.8% | India | 99.9% | 9.5% | France | 0.5% | 12.0% | UK | -5.7% | 10.1% |
Germany | 4.0% | 9.5% | Italy | 33.7% | 8.7% | UK | 17.6% | 7.5% | China | -28.4% | 8.4% |
UK | -2.2% | 9.5% | Germany | 19.7% | 8.0% | Italy | 12.0% | 6.7% | Germany | -11.0% | 7.1% |
RSA | 1.1% | 8.4% | UK | 12.6% | 7.5% | UAE | 2.5% | 6.5% | France | -5.7% | 4.8% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |