Arrivals in November 2019 | ||||||||
Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
France | 33,675 | 8.1% | 4,229 | 26.3% | 4,391 | 17.8% | 4,857 | -28.8% |
Germany | 16,279 | -5.1% | 12,816 | -1.7% | 7,710 | 5.1% | 20,844 | 11.1% |
UK | 14,208 | -13.2% | 11,936 | 13.5% | 3,141 | 43.4% | 16,038 | -27.0% |
Reunion | 6,831 | 10.4% | N/A | 308 | -22.0% | N/A | ||
RSA | 6,445 | -22.2% | 459 | 7.0% | 866 | -10.4% | 440 | 15.8% |
India | 5,894 | -11.4% | 14,430 | 24.5% | 1,079 | -8.7% | 31,677 | -19.1% |
Switzerland | 5,743 | 6.9% | 3,387 | -3.4% | 1,522 | 0.5% | 3,559 | 0.8% |
Italy | 5,173 | 9.0% | 11,114 | 40.2% | 1,703 | 26.8% | 3,917 | 98.2% |
Austria | 2,965 | 10.6% | 2,229 | 10.7% | 747 | -28.6% | 1,349 | -20.3% |
China | 2,905 | -10.6% | 15,600 | -15.5% | 303 | -23.5% | 16,312 | -13.6% |
Poland | 1,783 | 0.1% | 2,821 | 125.5% | 544 | -1.4% | 3,496 | 31.5% |
Belgium | 1,664 | 1.6% | 518 | 2.8% | 218 | -17.4% | 933 | -10.7% |
Australia | 1,598 | -3.0% | 3,308 | 11.4% | 190 | 65.2% | 7,067 | -31.4% |
Czech Rep | 1,511 | -11.7% | 1,179 | -4.7% | 611 | 33.4% | 1,631 | -14.1% |
Netherlands | 1,338 | -7.9% | 789 | -5.6% | 337 | 25.7% | 2,213 | -33.3% |
Madagascar | 1,176 | 7.0% | N/A | 45 | -29.7% | N/A | ||
USA | 1,003 | -17.7% | 5,176 | 19.6% | 1,064 | 14.9% | 4,514 | -22.2% |
Others | 18,539 | -6.6% | 47,922 | 9.8% | 9,732 | 17.3% | 58,137 | 1.3% |
All countries | 128,730 | -2.7% | 137,913 | 9.8% | 34,511 | 11.2% | 176,984 | -9.5% |
Arrivals, January to November 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
France | 252,502 | 266,957 | 5.7 | 44,062 | 52,891 | 20.0 | 40,806 | 40,302 | (1.2) | 96,974 | 80,799 | (16.7) |
Reunion | 137,071 | 128,670 | (6.1) | N/A | 24,286 | 27,470 | 13.1 | 227,348 | 177,792 | (21.8) | ||
UK | 123,797 | 122,059 | (1.4) | 103,818 | 114,222 | 10.0 | 5,466 | 5,092 | (6.8) | N/A | ||
Germany | 118,305 | 116,320 | (1.7) | 106,660 | 120,168 | 12.7 | 53,127 | 63,596 | 19.7 | 140,264 | 122,550 | (12.6) |
RSA | 104,599 | 99,335 | (5.0) | 6,305 | 7,429 | 17.8 | 10,239 | 9,880 | (3.5) | 5,664 | 5,166 | (8.8) |
India | 79,504 | 68,671 | (13.6) | 75,814 | 145,047 | 91.3 | 12,434 | 12,610 | 1.4 | 379,090 | 306,560 | (19.1) |
China | 63,407 | 40,579 | (36.0) | 266,376 | 267,875 | 0.6 | 8,734 | 5,653 | (35.3) | 247,682 | 151,215 | (38.9) |
Switzerland | 36,716 | 37,776 | 2.9 | 29,533 | 30,436 | 3.1 | 12,081 | 13,962 | 15.6 | 29,868 | 27,260 | (8.7) |
Italy | 32,824 | 36,617 | 11.6 | 87,510 | 115,049 | 31.5 | 22,547 | 25,327 | 12.3 | 33,203 | 31,186 | (6.1) |
Saudi Arabia | 15,394 | 21,721 | 41.1 | 21,475 | 24,321 | 13.3 | 1,481 | 1,468 | (0.9) | 32,047 | 14,811 | (53.8) |
Australia | 18,409 | 16,679 | (9.4) | 34,523 | 37,084 | 7.4 | 1,629 | 1,581 | (2.9) | 95,967 | 78,207 | (18.5) |
Netherlands | 16,501 | 16,071 | (2.6) | 12,746 | 11,267 | (11.6) | 9,412 | 8,165 | (13.2) | 17,306 | 12,889 | (25.5) |
Belgium | 14,972 | 15,690 | 4.8 | 5,682 | 6,544 | 15.2 | 3,553 | 3,282 | (7.6) | 52,837 | 36,135 | (31.6) |
Austria | 14,001 | 15,219 | 8.7 | 18,026 | 19,242 | 6.7 | 3,092 | 2,845 | (8.0) | 15,800 | 13,632 | (13.7) |
Madagascar | 12,687 | 14,183 | 11.8 | N/A | 676 | 691 | 2.2 | N/A | ||||
Spain | 13,881 | 13,290 | (4.3) | 29,149 | 33,051 | 13.4 | 4,089 | 4,084 | (0.1) | 26,957 | 22,467 | (16.7) |
UAE | 12,424 | 13,231 | 6.5 | 8,376 | 9,595 | 14.6 | 3,707 | 4,932 | 33.0 | 15,372 | 16,770 | 9.1 |
Czech Rep. | 11,161 | 12,987 | 16.4 | 11,980 | 11,961 | (0.2) | 23,259 | 22,873 | (1.7) | 5,243 | 3,159 | (39.7) |
Sweden | 12,396 | 10,369 | (16.4) | 12,468 | 10,683 | (14.3) | 3,228 | 2,923 | (9.4) | 21,433 | 17,558 | (18.1) |
Russia | 9,336 | 10,349 | 10.9 | 63,783 | 74,332 | 16.5 | 4,425 | 6,024 | 36.1 | 17,845 | 17,535 | (1.7) |
Poland | 8,893 | 9,600 | 8.0 | 10,867 | 18,656 | 71.7 | 9,992 | 10,863 | 8.7 | 53,239 | 68,990 | 29.6 |
USA | 9,337 | 9,255 | (0.9) | 37,835 | 48,267 | 27.6 | 8,999 | 9,810 | 9.0 | 66,460 | 56,530 | (14.9) |
Canada | 6,540 | 7,084 | 8.3 | 8,389 | 10,269 | 22.4 | 1,487 | 1,644 | 10.6 | 48,001 | 42,217 | (12.0) |
Korea | 6,415 | 6,313 | (1.6) | 31,057 | 33,441 | 7.7 | 1,296 | 927 | (28.5) | 14,437 | 10,718 | (25.8) |
Hungary | 2,815 | 3,524 | 25.2 | 6,675 | 8,478 | 27.0 | 2,346 | 3,295 | 40.5 | 3,884 | 3,492 | (10.1) |
Ukraine | 2,339 | 3,122 | 33.5 | 10,021 | 11,715 | 16.9 | 2,363 | 2,447 | 3.6 | 31,681 | 28,988 | (8.5) |
Israel | 1,934 | 2,724 | 40.8 | 6,883 | 9,664 | 40.4 | 4,305 | 4,611 | 7.1 | 12,708 | 13,288 | 4.6 |
Turkey | 2,308 | 2,681 | 16.2 | 9,270 | 9,174 | (1.0) | 1,917 | 1,621 | (15.4) | 3,631 | 3,934 | 8.3 |
Japan | 1,829 | 2,010 | 9.9 | 37,713 | 39,826 | 5.6 | 610 | 550 | (9.8) | 44,793 | 26,374 | (41.1) |
Malaysia | 2,116 | 1,884 | (11.0) | 20,436 | 19,540 | (4.4) | 161 | 187 | 16.1 | 20,501 | 14,884 | (27.4) |
Taiwan | 1,678 | 1,780 | 6.1 | 11,608 | 14,163 | 22.0 | 227 | 222 | (2.2) | 7,590 | 6,579 | (13.3) |
Thailand | 437 | 500 | 14.4 | 30,152 | 27,052 | (10.3) | 241 | 245 | 1.7 | 8,147 | 8,653 | 6.2 |
Maldives | 225 | 321 | 42.7 | 3,632 | 3,937 | 8.4 | 1,565 | 920 | (41.2) | |||
Qatar | 50 | 310 | 520.0 | 2,794 | 4,054 | 45.1 | 100 | 118 | 18.0 | 64,054 | 51,245 | (20.0) |
Mauritius | N/A | 3,215 | 3,654 | 13.7 | 622 | 453 | (27.2) | |||||
Others | 94,562 | 103,509 | 9.5 | 171,470 | 186,035 | 8.5 | 36,466 | 38,403 | 5.3 | 238,414 | 199,083 | (16.5) |
All markets | 1,241,365 | 1,231,390 | (0.8) | 1,333,456 | 1,531,531 | 14.9 | 325,628 | 345,294 | 6.0 | 2,080,627 | 1,672,039 | (19.6) |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
Top 5 Markets, January – November 2019 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
France | 5.7% | 21.7% | China | 0.6% | 17.5% | Germany | 19.7% | 18.4% | India | -19.1% | 14.7% |
Reunion | -6.1% | 10.4% | India | 91.3% | 9.5% | France | -1.2% | 11.7% | UK | -21.8% | 8.5% |
UK | -1.4% | 9.9% | Germany | 12.7% | 7.8% | UK | 13.1% | 8.0% | China | -38.9% | 7.3% |
Germany | -1.7% | 9.4% | Italy | 31.5% | 7.5% | Italy | 12.3% | 7.3% | Germany | -12.6% | 5.9% |
RSA | -5.0% | 8.1% | Russia | 16.5% | 4.9% | UAE | -1.7% | 6.6% | Russia | 29.6% | 4.1% |
Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority |