| Arrivals in March 2019 | ||||||||
| Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
| France | 26,471 | 10.2% | 8,809 | 36.5% | 5,033 | 38.7% | 13,957 | -5.8% |
| Reunion | 12,635 | -7.9% | n/a | 627 | -6.7% | n/a | ||
| Germany | 12,355 | 0.3% | 16,320 | 11.1% | 7,490 | 25.5% | 18,134 | -25.8% |
| UK | 10,772 | -13.0% | 12,377 | 4.6% | 2,593 | 27.2% | 29,682 | -2.3% |
| RSA | 10,636 | 2.4% | 851 | 46.2% | 1,328 | 10.0% | 1,007 | 27.3% |
| India | 4,813 | -18.5% | 11,836 | 140.8% | 1,035 | -18.4% | 34,812 | 13.8% |
| Italy | 3,336 | 17.9% | 18,285 | 38.5% | 2,255 | -1.8% | 4,309 | 3.7% |
| Switzerland | 2,825 | -26.1% | 3,911 | 4.0% | 1,132 | 15.4% | 3,179 | -13.7% |
| China | 2,524 | -38.5% | 19,479 | 47.5% | 200 | -74.5% | 23,759 | 12.6% |
| Czech Republic | 2,191 | -3.9% | 1,743 | 3.4% | 777 | 22.2% | 3,041 | 13.7% |
| Austria | 1,900 | -12.7% | 2,340 | -17.5% | 854 | -44.9% | 1,932 | -24.9% |
| UAE | 1,251 | -3.3% | 836 | 11.3% | 2,448 | -14.6% | 590 | 40.5% |
| Netherlands | 1,240 | 21.4% | 1,142 | 28.7% | 241 | 5.7% | 4,864 | 7.3% |
| Russia | 1,224 | 14.7% | 9,282 | 18.0% | 1,368 | -1.9% | 12,705 | 39.8% |
| Madagascar | 1,140 | 3.3% | n/a | 60 | -58.0% | n/a | ||
| Australia | 1,106 | -20.0% | 3,842 | 28.2% | 114 | 1.8% | 11,441 | 28.1% |
| Belgium | 1,102 | 3.4% | 844 | 21.4% | 213 | -14.8% | 1,646 | -1.2% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,087 | 109.8% | 2,023 | 59.5% | 109 | 2.8% | 1,402 | 40.6% |
| Sweden | 1,081 | -47.8% | 1,197 | -28.4% | 309 | -40.2% | 2,660 | -14.4% |
| Others | 14,730 | -10.1% | 47,726 | 8.0% | 7,058 | -24.3% | 75,208 | 8.3% |
| All countries | 114,419 | -4.5% | 162,843 | 22.0% | 35,244 | -2.0% | 244,328 | 4.7% |
| Arrivals, January to March 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
| France | 82,783 | 85,630 | 3.4 | 20,845 | 26,692 | 28.0 | 10,466 | 12,185 | 16.4 | 43,910 | 43,144 | (1.7) |
| Germany | 34,782 | 37,213 | 7.0 | 32,806 | 37,279 | 13.6 | 13,458 | 24,052 | 78.7 | 56,787 | 49,429 | (13.0) |
| Reunion | 39,553 | 35,120 | (11.2) | n/a | 1,661 | 1,705 | 2.6 | n/a | ||||
| UK | 31,396 | 28,577 | (9.0) | 32,633 | 36,116 | 10.7 | 4,811 | 6,555 | 36.3 | 77,123 | 85,468 | 10.8 |
| RSA | 23,654 | 23,839 | 0.8 | 1,320 | 2,055 | 55.7 | 2,689 | 2,706 | 0.6 | 1,941 | 2,624 | 35.2 |
| India | 17,210 | 16,253 | (5.6) | 19,435 | 36,053 | 85.5 | 3,764 | 3,900 | 3.6 | 101,433 | 107,147 | 5.6 |
| China | 18,028 | 12,384 | (31.3) | 72,539 | 76,568 | 5.6 | 4,410 | 2,160 | (51.0) | 81,305 | 78,212 | (3.8) |
| Italy | 9,114 | 10,101 | 10.8 | 41,489 | 52,848 | 27.4 | 5,343 | 5,194 | (2.8) | 14,348 | 16,105 | 12.2 |
| Switzerland | 10,433 | 8,806 | (15.6) | 10,819 | 10,696 | (1.1) | 2,529 | 3,189 | 26.1 | 10,020 | 10,432 | 4.1 |
| Czech Rep. | 5,966 | 7,341 | 23.0 | 5,233 | 5,383 | 2.9 | 1,569 | 2,241 | 42.8 | 8,013 | 10,277 | 28.3 |
| Sweden | 7,803 | 6,887 | (11.7) | 5,971 | 4,967 | (16.8) | 1,471 | 1,237 | (15.9) | 13,228 | 12,091 | (8.6) |
| Austria | 7,237 | 6,764 | (6.5) | 8,146 | 8,218 | 0.9 | 3,998 | 3,284 | (17.9) | 8,562 | 6,929 | (19.1) |
| Poland | 3,790 | 4,428 | 16.8 | 4,276 | 5,244 | 22.6 | 1,110 | 1,364 | 22.9 | 8,125 | 9,795 | 20.6 |
| Russia | 3,908 | 4,298 | 10.0 | 24,415 | 26,284 | 7.7 | 4,354 | 3,995 | (8.2) | 31,701 | 39,187 | 23.6 |
| Netherlands | 3,314 | 3,638 | 9.8 | 3,007 | 3,326 | 10.6 | 704 | 657 | (6.7) | 14,333 | 15,091 | 5.3 |
| Australia | 4,106 | 3,361 | (18.1) | 7,929 | 9,615 | 21.3 | 425 | 415 | (2.4) | 24,077 | 30,619 | 27.2 |
| Madagascar | 2,516 | 3,065 | 21.8 | n/a | 251 | 139 | (44.6) | n/a | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2,056 | 3,056 | 48.6 | 5,826 | 5,454 | (6.4) | 310 | 327 | 5.5 | 6,459 | 4,318 | (33.1) |
| Denmark | 3,495 | 2,877 | (17.7) | 4,814 | 4,609 | (4.3) | 635 | 565 | (11.0) | 8,468 | 8,884 | 4.9 |
| UAE | 2,243 | 2,558 | 14.0 | 1,418 | 1,710 | 20.6 | 5,218 | 5,163 | (1.1) | 1,003 | 1,207 | 20.3 |
| USA | 2,624 | 2,362 | (10.0) | 11,364 | 16,339 | 43.8 | 2,247 | 2,301 | 2.4 | 23,186 | 30,070 | 29.7 |
| Hungary | 1,599 | 2,095 | 31.0 | 3,700 | 4,464 | 20.6 | 1,024 | 1,374 | 34.2 | 2,281 | 2,324 | 1.9 |
| Canada | 1,656 | 2,086 | 26.0 | 3,063 | 4,302 | 40.5 | 516 | 517 | 0.2 | 14,794 | 18,320 | 23.8 |
| Romania | 1,478 | 1,974 | 33.6 | 3,158 | 3,536 | 12.0 | 723 | 878 | 21.4 | 2,439 | 2,483 | 1.8 |
| Spain | 2,079 | 1,570 | (24.5) | 4,562 | 4,555 | (0.2) | 898 | 631 | (29.7) | 5,520 | 5,989 | 8.5 |
| Korea | 1,283 | 1,531 | 19.3 | 7,729 | 8,156 | 5.5 | 343 | 267 | (22.2) | 5,250 | 4,960 | (5.5) |
| Ukraine | 1,005 | 1,427 | 42.0 | 4,024 | 4,641 | 15.3 | 1,122 | 1,036 | (7.7) | 15,306 | 16,073 | 5.0 |
| Turkey | 956 | 767 | (19.8) | 2,939 | 2,992 | 1.8 | 795 | 521 | (34.5) | 1,655 | 1,720 | 3.9 |
| Japan | 507 | 614 | 21.1 | 10,643 | 11,163 | 4.9 | 134 | 106 | (20.9) | 14,586 | 13,042 | (10.6) |
| Malaysia | 459 | 345 | (24.8) | 5,059 | 5,386 | 6.5 | 60 | 56 | (6.7) | 5,473 | 5,549 | 1.4 |
| Thailand | 81 | 97 | 19.8 | 5,973 | 4,794 | (19.7) | 74 | 46 | (37.8) | 2,379 | 2,920 | 22.7 |
| Maldives | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 33 | 23 | (30.3) | 18,089 | 18,737 | 3.6 | |||
| Others | 29,292 | 31,232 | 6.6 | 54,968 | 64,327 | 17.0 | 14,545 | 12,725 | (12.5) | 86,130 | 87,454 | 1.5 |
| All markets | 356,415 | 352,305 | (1.2) | 420,103 | 482,978 | 15.0 | 91,690 | 101,514 | 10.7 | 707,924 | 740,600 | 4.6 |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
| Top 5 Markets, January – March 2019 | |||||||||||
| Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
| France | 3.4% | 24.3% | China | 5.6% | 15.9% | Germany | 78.7% | 23.7% | India | 5.6% | 15.1% |
| Germany | 7.0% | 10.6% | Italy | 27.4% | 10.9% | France | 16.4% | 12.0% | UK | 10.8% | 12.1% |
| Reunion | -11.2% | 10.0% | Germany | 13.6% | 7.7% | UK | 36.3% | 6.5% | China | -3.8% | 11.0% |
| UK | -9.0% | 8.1% | UK | 10.7% | 7.5% | Italy | -2.8% | 5.1% | Germany | -13.0% | 7.0% |
| RSA | 0.8% | 6.8% | India | 85.5% | 7.5% | UAE | -1.1% | 5.1% | France | -1.7% | 6.1% |
| Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority | ||||||||
