| Arrivals in September 2019 | ||||||||
| Selected markets | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | Arrivals | YoY chg | |
| France | 15,115 | 14.6% | 1,924 | 3.8% | 2,266 | -12.6% | 2,929 | -32.1% |
| RSA | 13,185 | -0.7% | 887 | 14.0% | 1,318 | 18.6% | 240 | -41.9% |
| UK | 12,924 | -8.4% | 7,876 | -2.8% | 2,305 | 0.3% | 8,345 | -41.3% |
| Germany | 11,979 | -6.6% | 8,982 | -1.4% | 5,251 | -8.3% | 6,396 | -33.8% |
| Reunion | 7,489 | 4.9% | N/A | 227 | -22.5% | N/A | ||
| India | 4,504 | -14.6% | 11,265 | 114.8% | 736 | 6.7% | 28,917 | -10.5% |
| Italy | 3,635 | 12.2% | 5,213 | 26.1% | 1,815 | -6.6% | 1,016 | -38.6% |
| China | 3,305 | -49.5% | 24,758 | -11.6% | 427 | -27.9% | 9,231 | -52.9% |
| Switzerland | 3,123 | 8.7% | 1,804 | 15.6% | 1,324 | -3.0% | 1,304 | -28.5% |
| Spain | 2,171 | 1.8% | 4,046 | 11.1% | 379 | -8.9% | 1,930 | -34.0% |
| Australia | 2,086 | -8.5% | 3,570 | -7.2% | 137 | -34.1% | 6,895 | -21.2% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,056 | 67.0% | 2,640 | 38.9% | 126 | 18.9% | 985 | -31.2% |
| Netherlands | 1,564 | 12.6% | 1,063 | -4.7% | 334 | -10.2% | 2,673 | -34.0% |
| Belgium | 1,558 | 29.2% | 478 | 18.3% | 224 | -3.9% | 1,082 | -21.8% |
| Madagascar | 1,138 | -10.0% | N/A | 91 | 51.7% | N/A | ||
| Others | 15,005 | 1.0% | 43,113 | 13.7% | 7,900 | -16.4% | 36,632 | -21.3% |
| All countries | 100,837 | -2.0% | 117,619 | 9.3% | 24,860 | -9.5% | 108,575 | -27.2% |
| Arrivals, January to September 2018 & 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Selected markets* | Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | 2018 | 2019 | % chg | |
| France | 190,417 | 201,717 | 5.9 | 36,970 | 44,722 | 21.0 | 32,018 | 30,964 | (3.3) | 85,365 | 72,559 | (15.0) |
| UK | 104,123 | 100,051 | (3.9) | 83,311 | 90,965 | 9.2 | 19,350 | 21,283 | 10.0 | 187,704 | 152,991 | (18.5) |
| Reunion | 100,095 | 98,607 | (1.5) | N/A | 4,453 | 4,038 | (9.3) | N/A | ||||
| Germany | 88,206 | 88,796 | 0.7 | 80,253 | 93,727 | 16.8 | 39,351 | 49,516 | 25.8 | 111,590 | 93,886 | (15.9) |
| RSA | 87,484 | 85,194 | (2.6) | 5,187 | 6,457 | 24.5 | 8,287 | 8,195 | (1.1) | 4,930 | 4,473 | (9.3) |
| India | 68,385 | 57,054 | (16.6) | 56,319 | 115,507 | 105.1 | 10,415 | 10,339 | (0.7) | 301,784 | 241,666 | (19.9) |
| China | 55,017 | 34,294 | (37.7) | 222,108 | 230,349 | 3.7 | 7,703 | 4,832 | (37.3) | 209,912 | 123,220 | (41.3) |
| Italy | 24,376 | 27,705 | 13.7 | 73,920 | 97,375 | 31.7 | 19,263 | 21,649 | 12.4 | 29,687 | 26,322 | (11.3) |
| Switzerland | 24,896 | 25,934 | 4.2 | 22,151 | 23,157 | 4.5 | 8,469 | 10,425 | 23.1 | 24,363 | 22,248 | (8.7) |
| Saudi Arabia | 14,137 | 19,779 | 39.9 | 19,048 | 21,521 | 13.0 | 1,329 | 1,301 | (2.1) | 30,168 | 13,350 | (55.7) |
| Australia | 14,966 | 13,338 | (10.9) | 27,778 | 30,066 | 8.2 | 1,272 | 1,264 | (0.6) | 78,756 | 65,578 | (16.7) |
| Netherlands | 12,175 | 12,960 | 6.4 | 10,783 | 9,638 | (10.6) | 2,959 | 2,615 | (11.6) | 46,295 | 32,263 | (30.3) |
| Austria | 12,008 | 11,847 | (1.3) | 14,123 | 15,400 | 9.0 | 7,487 | 6,756 | (9.8) | 14,578 | 10,997 | (24.6) |
| Madagascar | 10,194 | 11,640 | 14.2 | N/A | 564 | 573 | 1.6 | N/A | ||||
| Belgium | 10,457 | 11,601 | 10.9 | 4,537 | 5,467 | 20.5 | 2,438 | 2,284 | (6.3) | 13,939 | 12,138 | (12.9) |
| UAE | 9,588 | 11,435 | 19.3 | 6,862 | 7,842 | 14.3 | 19,586 | 19,393 | (1.0) | 4,535 | 2,833 | (37.5) |
| Spain | 11,440 | 10,817 | (5.4) | 23,160 | 26,438 | 14.2 | 3,434 | 3,444 | 0.3 | 22,175 | 18,559 | (16.3) |
| Czech Rep. | 9,736 | 10,764 | 10.6 | 9,855 | 9,816 | (0.4) | 2,939 | 3,869 | 31.6 | 12,786 | 14,439 | 12.9 |
| Sweden | 9,400 | 8,540 | (9.1) | 9,483 | 8,256 | (12.9) | 2,320 | 1,999 | (13.8) | 18,183 | 15,415 | (15.2) |
| Poland | 6,990 | 7,784 | 11.4 | 8,777 | 13,788 | 57.1 | 3,432 | 4,815 | 40.3 | 14,078 | 13,234 | (6.0) |
| Russia | 6,950 | 7,647 | 10.0 | 51,082 | 58,306 | 14.1 | 8,390 | 8,549 | 1.9 | 42,053 | 48,692 | 15.8 |
| USA | 7,225 | 7,490 | 3.7 | 30,199 | 39,013 | 29.2 | 7,054 | 7,569 | 7.3 | 56,947 | 49,180 | (13.6) |
| Canada | 4,939 | 5,905 | 19.6 | 6,789 | 8,459 | 24.6 | 1,172 | 1,232 | 5.1 | 42,099 | 36,779 | (12.6) |
| Korea | 4,280 | 4,442 | 3.8 | 23,133 | 25,003 | 8.1 | 1,003 | 702 | (30.0) | 11,927 | 8,785 | (26.3) |
| Hungary | 2,209 | 2,912 | 31.8 | 5,431 | 6,853 | 26.2 | 1,802 | 2,602 | 44.4 | 3,246 | 3,001 | (7.5) |
| Ukraine | 1,868 | 2,602 | 39.3 | 8,199 | 9,309 | 13.5 | 2,002 | 1,963 | (1.9) | 25,545 | 21,563 | (15.6) |
| Turkey | 1,950 | 2,221 | 13.9 | 7,916 | 7,463 | (5.7) | 1,683 | 1,397 | (17.0) | 3,161 | 2,977 | (5.8) |
| Israel | 1,527 | 1,760 | 15.3 | 6,083 | 7,019 | 15.4 | 4,005 | 3,073 | (23.3) | 11,539 | 11,117 | (3.7) |
| Japan | 1,510 | 1,613 | 6.8 | 30,465 | 33,367 | 9.5 | 507 | 500 | (1.4) | 39,304 | 22,692 | (42.3) |
| Malaysia | 1,748 | 1,602 | (8.4) | 17,686 | 16,344 | (7.6) | 143 | 163 | 14.0 | 16,963 | 12,175 | (28.2) |
| Taiwan | 1,501 | 1,558 | 3.8 | 9,505 | 11,604 | 22.1 | 193 | 169 | (12.4) | 6,556 | 5,660 | (13.7) |
| Thailand | 324 | 413 | 27.5 | 25,179 | 22,404 | (11.0) | 206 | 186 | (9.7) | 6,973 | 6,680 | (4.2) |
| Maldives | 41 | 299 | 629.3 | 81 | 87 | 7.4 | 51,413 | 41,461 | (19.4) | |||
| Qatar | 190 | 280 | 47.4 | 2,544 | 3,606 | 41.7 | 3,119 | 3,395 | 8.8 | 1,455 | 839 | (42.3) |
| Mauritius | N/A | 2,567 | 2,852 | 11.1 | 497 | 409 | (17.7) | |||||
| Others | 74,714 | 83,041 | 11.1 | 141,623 | 152,449 | 7.6 | 29,865 | 30,830 | 3.2 | 201,416 | 168,131 | (16.5) |
| All markets | 975,066 | 973,642 | (0.1) | 1,080,459 | 1,251,690 | 15.8 | 260,861 | 274,823 | 5.4 | 1,731,922 | 1,376,312 | (20.5) |
* Turkey and markets with a share of around 1% or more
| Top 5 Markets, January – September 2019 | |||||||||||
| Mauritius | Maldives | Seychelles | Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share | Markets | YoY chg | Share |
| France | 5.9% | 20.7% | China | 3.7% | 18.4% | Germany | 25.8% | 18.0% | India | -19.9% | 14.0% |
| UK | -3.9% | 10.3% | India | 105.1% | 9.2% | France | -3.3% | 11.3% | UK | -18.5% | 8.8% |
| Reunion | -1.5% | 10.1% | Italy | 31.7% | 7.8% | UK | 10.0% | 7.7% | China | -41.3% | 7.1% |
| Germany | 0.7% | 9.1% | Germany | 16.8% | 7.5% | UAE | -1.0% | 7.1% | Germany | -15.9% | 5.4% |
| RSA | -2.6% | 8.8% | UK | 9.2% | 7.3% | Switzerland | 23.1% | 3.8% | France | -15.0% | 4.2% |
| Source: Statistics Mauritius | Source: Ministry of Tourism | Source: National Bureau of Statistics | Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority | ||||||||
