Arrivals in March 2022 and 2023
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 2022 2023* 2022 2023 2022 2023
France 15,418 23,589 6,541 5,787 4,234 4,675 5,741 5,786
UK 10,317 12,496 19,330 15,729 1,870 2,031 12,908 11,053
Reunion 3,569 12,385 n/a
382 424 n/a
Germany 6,911 10,017 13,580 13,463 3,615 4,926 9,561 9,702
South Africa 9,961 8,675 1,729 n/a 1,004 845 290 265
India 1,111 3,116 21,163 17,014 323 455 23,216 18,959
Czech Rep. 2,236 2,982 2,671 n/a 791 861 1,802 1,287
Italy 1,233 2,377 10,481 13,355 1,137 1,606 730 1,272
Switzerland 1,058 2,225 3,201 3,598 965 949 1,243 1,660
Austria 1,307 2,113 2,833 n/a 699 803 887 872
Australia 248 1,549 1,186 n/a 80 132 2,359 4,725
Russia 691 1,539 8,806 19,242 2,015 3,700 8,899 25,553
UAE 885 1,382 1,193 n/a 1,993 1,460 240 115
USA 384 1,101 8,696 7,107 812 998 3,114 5,701
Canada 298 656 1,197 n/a 107 142 2,989 4,066
China 118 396 399 6,853 7 87 358 3,096
Israel 170 320 1,177 n/a 1,472 1,764 1,007 1,765
Others 10,151 18,745 46,565 61,233 7,179 8,109 31,156 29,618
All countries 66,066 105,663 150,748 163,381 28,685 33,967 106,500 125,495

* up to 29 Mar 2023

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Tourist Arrivals, January to March 2022 & 2023
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023* %chg 2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023 %chg
France 46,134 81,822 77.4 20,629 22,031 6.8 11,109 11,635 4.7 15,056 16,744 11.2
Reunion 4,011 34,779 767.1 n/a  855 1,039 21.5 n/a
UK 23,039 29,699 28.9 50,584 48,336 (4.4) 4,040 4,378 8.4 30,992 28,111 (9.3)
Germany 15,791 26,370 67.0 34,870 36,249 4.0 8,156 11,115 36.3 22,680 25,849 14.0
South Africa 15,298 20,653 35.0 2,932 n/a 1,723 1,964 14.0 524 531 1.3
India 2,432 7,897 224.7 46,683 55,123 18.1 618 1,366 121.0 47,711 46,432 (2.7)
Czech Rep. 5,290 7,621 44.1 6,876 n/a 1,799 1,959 8.9 5,031 3,453 (31.4)
Italy 3,140 7,123 126.8 30,036 45,620 51.9 2,408 3,743 55.4 1,786 4,158 132.8
Austria 4,411 6,845 55.2 9,097 n/a 1,995 2,246 12.6 2,729 2,762 1.2
Switzerland 3,305 6,520 97.3 9,767 12,070 23.6 2,515 2,918 16.0 3,924 5,241 33.6
Russia 3,197 4,412 38.0 52,235 63,989 22.5 12,174 10,964 (9.9) 37,717 79,891 111.8
Poland 1,154 4,411 282.2 7,925 9,250 16.7 1,921 1,481 (22.9) 10,815 3,894 (64.0)
Sweden 1,485 3,886 161.7 4,738 n/a 670 1,305 94.8 2,226 2,338 5.0
Australia 502 3,660 629.1 2,540 136 432 217.6 6,861 11,506 67.7
Denmark 1,926 3,628 88.4 5,161 570 651 14.2 3,417 3,086 (9.7)
Saudi Arabia 524 3,163 503.6 10,163 313 471 50.5 3,425 1,358 (60.4)
Belgium 2,345 3,030 29.2 2,291 732 954 30.3 1,876 2,093 11.6
Madagascar 414 2,996 623.7 n/a 7 143 1,942.9 n/a
Slovakia 1,610 2,880 78.9 3,880 623 1,073 72.2 1,340 1,476 10.1
UAE 1,450 2,737 88.8 2,011 3,377 3,106 (8.0) 357 354 (0.8)
USA 849 2,499 194.3 19,507 21,439 9.9 1,887 2,315 22.7 6,798 10,780 58.6
Romania 1,719 2,322 35.1 4,318 n/a 1,447 1,145 (20.9) 1,821 1,054 (42.1)
Hungary 1,061 2,258 112.8 7,310 2,223 1,273 (42.7) 1,435 1,208 (15.8)
Netherlands 692 2,175 214.3 2,293 467 695 48.8 3,795 4,572 20.5
Canada 663 1,811 173.2 2,590 221 401 81.4 6,613 10,854 64.1
Spain 842 1,412 67.7 6,479 559 629 12.5 2,453 2,752 12.2
Norway 678 1,281 88.9 1,710 254 496 95.3 1,884 1,913 1.5
Portugal 577 1,042 80.6 2,477 342 312 (8.8) 704 797 13.2
China 278 973 250.0 971 16,925 1,643.0 68 229 236.8 850 5,466 543.1
Israel 297 888 199.0 2,685 n/a 2,308 4,098 77.6 3,301 5,821 76.3
Ukraine 1,375 763 (44.5) 8,249 2,754 581 (78.9) 13,463 1,962 (85.4)
Japan 39 424 987.2 476 14 73 421.4 440 2,760 527.3
Malaysia 65 183 181.5 582 20 31 55.0 623 1,829 193.6
Maldives 31 6 (80.6)       16 10 (37.5) 5,843 5,795 (0.8)
Others 12,194 23,028 88.8 69,455 182,763 163.1 9,334 12,336 32.2 36,844 38,839 5.4
All markets 158,818 305,197 92.2 431,520 513,795 19.1 77,655 87,567 12.8 285,334 335,679 17.6

*January to 29 Mar 2023

Top 5 Markets, January to March 2023
Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share
France 77.4% 26.8% Russia 22.5% 12.5% France 4.7% 13.3% Russia 111.8% 23.8%
Reunion 767.1% 11.4% India 18.1% 10.7% Germany 36.3% 12.7% India -2.7% 13.8%
UK 28.9% 9.7% UK -4.4% 9.4% Russia -9.9% 12.5% UK -9.3% 8.4%
Germany 67.0% 8.6% Italy 51.9% 8.9% UK 8.4% 5.0% Germany 14.0% 7.7%
South Africa 35.0% 6.8% Germany 4.0% 7.1% Israel 77.6% 4.7% France 11.2% 5.0%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority