Arrivals in June 2022 and 2023
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 2022 2023* 2022 2023 2022 2023
France 9,508 13,123 1,379 1,203 2,036 1,896 1,717 2,895
UK 8,316 9,193 8,728 6,399 1,547 1,364 3,368 7,981
South Africa 8,421 8,757 1,471 n/a 849 713 76 291
India 5,324 8,149 22,101 15,307 535 1,285 6,810 26,830
Germany 8,198 7,521 8,418 5,585 3,431 3,035 2,466 5,090
Reunion 3,492 5,795 n/a 198 163 n/a
Saudi Arabia 2,128 3,347 2,676 n/a 153 266 281 595
UAE 831 2,602 1,095 1,097 2,649 69 404
Italy 1,322 1,750 3,872 3,701 1,374 1,322 506 1,265
Spain 1,022 1,748 3,370 n/a 368 287 1,027 1,229
Australia 339 1,386 2,007 52 82 2,511 6,195
Poland 987 1,354 1,726 783 476 320 702
USA 864 1,075 6,149 4,771 901 958 1,647 3,806
Russia 297 996 15,327 13,772 1,188 3,134 1,610 7,968
China 117 725 1,071 15,652 13 72 231 5,105
Canada 698 717 143 n/a 111 58 2,308 4,509
Korea 90 324 3,405 2,204 11 35 102 516
Others 11,054 13,646 27,951 42,318 6,462 6,180 7,807 25,007
All countries 63,008 82,208 110,889    110,912 21,109    23,975 32,856    100,388

* 01 to 28 June 2023

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Tourist Arrivals, January to June 2022 & 2023
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023* %chg 2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023 %chg
France 93,446 147,325 57.7  29,834 30,361 1.8  21,701 22,097 1.8  21,884 27,588 26.1 
UK 55,717 63,424 13.8  96,470 79,913 (17.2) 10,422 9,692 (7.0) 49,622 50,822 2.4 
Reunion 16,490 62,440 278.7  n/a 1,760 1,889 7.3  n/a
Germany 39,834 54,085 35.8  67,803 65,757 (3.0) 18,785 22,685 20.8  33,442 45,197 35.2 
South Africa 42,022 45,908 9.2  7,362 n/a 4,069 713 (82.5) 921 1,282 39.2 
India 15,059 27,522 82.8  120,604 109,190 (9.5) 2,029 4,015 97.9  68,761 116,193 69.0 
Switzerland 9,130 14,110 54.5  18,421 19,873 7.9  6,787 6,526 (3.8) 6,806 9,874 45.1 
Italy 6,854 12,932 88.7  49,080 64,097 30.6  7,319 9,285 26.9  3,205 7,487 133.6 
Czech Rep. 7,492 10,131 35.2  9,720 n/a 2,821 2,932 3.9  5,951 4,809 (19.2)
Austria 7,161 9,991 39.5  13,568 3,685 3,748 1.7  3,602 4,150 15.2 
Saudi Arabia 4,013 9,420 134.7  17,961 893 1,103 23.5  4,296 2,739 (36.2)
Russia 4,453 8,157 83.2  81,829 107,985 32.0  15,446 19,918 29.0  46,403 110,275 137.6 
Australia 1,465 8,094 452.5  8,571 n/a 379 820 116.4  14,540 26,898 85.0 
UAE 4,398 7,932 80.4  5,151 7,802 8,373 7.3  668 1,082 62.0 
Poland 3,106 7,688 147.5  11,833 3,826 2,853 (25.4) 12,729 6,341 (50.2)
Belgium 5,765 7,668 33.0  3,737 1,941 2,002 3.1  3,193 3,587 12.3 
Madagascar 2,907 6,395 120.0  34 100 239 139.0  n/a
USA 2,867 5,285 84.3  39,209 38,337 (2.2) 4,239 4,786 12.9  11,685 21,766 86.3 
Sweden 2,437 5,038 106.7  6,551 n/a 1,313 1,848 40.7  3,098 3,756 21.2 
Netherlands 2,863 4,962 73.3  4,885 1,410 1,634 15.9  6,276 8,495 35.4 
Denmark 3,591 4,826 34.4  7,941 1,000 904 (9.6) 5,294 4,841 (8.6)
Spain 2,838 4,517 59.2  15,957 1,632 1,602 (1.8) 5,619 6,457 14.9 
Romania 3,385 3,912 15.6  6,533 2,484 1,960 (21.1) 2,392 1,680 (29.8)
Slovakia 2,184 3,701 69.5  5,605 1,170 1,699 45.2  1,740 2,252 29.4 
Canada 2,089 3,689 76.6  5,037 463 688 48.6  13,017 22,426 72.3 
Hungary 1,486 2,920 96.5  9,571 3,229 2,064 (36.1) 1,732 1,567 (9.5)
China 594 2,706 355.6  3,473 62,051 1,686.7  120 512 326.7  1,584 19,862 1,153.9 
Turkey 1,744 2,635 51.1  5,496 n/a 871 842 (3.3) 929 1,540 65.8 
Portugal 2,029 2,503 23.4  6,485 1,032 841 (18.5) 1,191 1,619 35.9 
Norway 1,878 2,142 14.1  2,928 686 891 29.9  3,684 4,025 9.3 
Israel 1,239 2,057 66.0  6,536 6,761 8,059 19.2  4,891 8,972 83.4 
South Korea 207 1,626 685.5  12,918 17,255 33.6  54 320 492.6  737 2,920 296.2 
Philippines 1,384 1,446 4.5  2,719 n/a 231 316 36.8  1,025 1,858 81.3 
Ukraine 1,498 1,132 (24.4) 9,104 2,882 897 (68.9) 13,782 2,655 (80.7)
Japan 131 638 387.0  1,699 40 142 255.0  995 6,971 600.6 
Maldives 30 24 (20.0) 40 13 (67.5) 8,389 13,909 65.8 
Others 22,770 37,485 64.6  118,586 325,337 174.3  16,865 23,137 37.2  47,294 68,979 45.9 
All markets 376,556 596,466 58.4  813,211 920,156 13.2  156,287 172,045 10.1  411,377 624,874 51.9 

*January to 28 June 2023

Top 5 Markets, January – May 2023
Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share
France 57.7% 24.7% India -9.5% 11.9% Germany 20.8% 13.2% India 69.0% 18.6%
UK 13.8% 10.6% Russia 32.0% 11.7% France 1.8% 12.8% Russia 137.6% 17.6%
Reunion 278.7% 10.5% UK -17.2% 8.7% Russia 29.0% 11.6% UK 2.4% 8.1%
Germany 35.8% 9.1% Germany -3.0% 7.1% UK -7.0% 5.6% Germany 35.2% 7.2%
South Africa 9.2% 7.7% Italy 30.6% 7.0% Italy 26.9% 5.4% France 26.1% 4.4%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

* Up to 28 June 2023 for Maldives