Arrivals in September 2022 and 2023
Selected markets Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 2022 2023* 2022 2023 2022 2023
France 14,145 18,009 1,507 1,963 2,651 n/a 1,201 2,661
UK 12,542 13,113 8,853 8,875 1,843 2,872 7,504
Reunion 4,500 6,079 n/a
 109 n/a
Germany 12,092 12,489 8,679 12,595 4,143 2,149 7,231
Switzerland 2,427 2,912 1,650 2,534 1,089 583 1,638
India 3,210 3,970 15,393 15,815 322 6,493 30,063
Italy 2,400 2,472 4,675 5,178 1,517 352 1,257
Belgium 1,726 1,983 317 n/a 312 316 1,061
South Africa 8,795 10,997 974 890 34 185
Australia 500 2,044 3,333 149 2,309 5,969
Russia 573 980 20,341 14,270 1,879 1,553 7,163
Saudi Arabia 1,770 1,785 1,704 n/a 126 118 331
USA 755 962 5,360 4,912 1,046 991 2,357
China 141 1,192 1,054 29,721 41 637 8,445
Spain 1,469 1,963 3,960 4,404 418 1,091 2,414
Poland 1,099 1,315 944 n/a 576 228 1,599
Netherlands 1,025 1,152 728 349 473 3,177
Others  11,918 14,421 32,514 51,045 6,967 8,402 28,883
All countries 81,087 97,838 111,986 151,312 24,427 29,802 111,938

* up to 04 October 2023

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 Tourist Arrivals, January to September 2022 & 2023
Selected markets* Mauritius Maldives Seychelles Sri Lanka
2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023* %chg 2022 2023 %chg 2022 2023 %chg
France 145,366 211,069 45.2 35,860 37,633 4.9 32,929
n/a
 29,436 43,904 49.2
UK 96,163 101,400 5.4 131,797 109,755 (16.7) 16,203 68,527 90,843 32.6
Reunion 36,777 94,498 156.9 n/a 2,555 n/a
Germany 66,344 81,035 22.1 94,369 93,836 (0.6) 31,277 42,508 68,913 62.1
South Africa
 65,698 72,919 11.0 10,608 n/a 6,214 1,061 2,037 92.0
India 26,029 41,390 59.0 168,600 151,310 (10.3) 3,286 86,625 200,310 131.2
Italy 14,236 21,033 47.7 68,816 84,818 23.3 13,963 5,144 16,224 215.4
Switzerland 15,671 20,486 30.7 23,740 25,973 9.4 10,726 10,291 17,324 68.3
Saudi Arabia
 15,458 18,024 16.6 27,562
n/a
 1,738 4,945 5,342 8.0
Belgium 11,494 13,428 16.8 4,927 3,189 5,099 8,237 61.5
Australia 2,710 13,419 395.2 16,368 655 20,721 43,712 111.0
Austria 10,160 12,802 26.0 17,497 5,988 4,259 6,721 57.8
UAE 10,032 12,254 22.1 8,837 12,925 943 2,265 140.2
Czech Rep. 8,914 11,635 30.5 12,727 3,587 6,316 6,536 3.5
Madagascar 6,893 11,387 65.2 n/a 270 n/a
Spain 8,682 11,170 28.7 31,324 29,048 (7.3) 3,320 10,357 16,077 55.2
Poland 5,364 10,931 103.8 15,667 n/a 5,416 13,562 9,968 (26.5)
Russia 5,910 10,693 80.9 143,547 158,800 10.6 20,617 51,300 132,300 157.9
Netherlands 6,353 8,501 33.8 7,789 n/a 2,620 9,823 21,897 122.9
USA 5,315 8,335 56.8 56,277 54,135 (3.8) 6,790 15,250 31,350 105.6
Denmark 5,284 6,329 19.8 10,243 n/a 1,605 6,150 7,586 23.3
China 1,170 6,034 415.7 7,324 150,642 1,956.8 202 3,021 47,631 1,476.7
Sweden 3,062 5,691 85.9 7,679
n/a
 1,635 3,576 4,960 38.7
Canada 3,707 5,679 53.2 7,431 775 20,608 35,324 71.4
Romania 3,919 4,049 3.3 7,762 3,011 2,650 2,322 (12.4)
Portugal 3,540 4,049 14.4 10,653 1,680 1,485 2,555 72.1
Slovakia 2,428 3,981 64.0 6,670 1,494 1,940 2,991 54.2
Israel 2,367 3,657 54.5 11,927 11,039 6,764 18,449 172.8
Turkey 2,638 3,426 29.9 7,896 1,287 1,075 2,309 114.8
Hungary 1,735 3,338 92.4 11,557 4,172 1,822 2,030 11.4
Norway 2,949 3,221 9.2 4,094 1,191 4,986 6,696 34.3
Philippines 2,098 2,475 18.0 4,107 291 1,414 3,102 119.4
South Korea
 525 2,426 362.1 21,694 117 1,073 4,870 353.9
Ukraine 1,656 1,405 (15.2) 10,229 3,002 13,977 3,256 (76.7)
Singapore 474 1,125 137.3 10,684 130 2,321 6,210 167.6
Malaysia 230 1,005 337.0 5,184 106 1,646 7,284 342.5
Japan 253 954 277.1 4,688 68 1,684 12,859 663.6
Maldives 36 45 25.0       57 11,867 25,078 111.3
Others 36,692 55,828 52.2 164,495 485,443 195.1 25,074 52,006 96,784 86.1
All markets
 638,332 901,126 41.2 1,190,629 1,381,393 16.0 241,204 526,232 1,016,256 93.1

*January to 04 October 2023

Top 5 Markets, Cumulative January to September 2023
Mauritius Maldives* Seychelles Sri Lanka
Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share Markets YoY chg Share
France 45.2% 23.4% Russia 10.6% 11.5% Not yet available India 131.2% 19.7%
Reunion 156.9% 10.5% India -10.3% 11.0% Russia 157.9% 13.0%
UK 5.4% 11.3% China 1956.8% 10.9% UK 32.6% 8.9%
Germany 22.1% 9.0% UK -16.7% 7.9% Germany 62.1% 6.8%
South Africa 11.0% 8.1% Germany -0.6% 6.8% China 1,476.7% 4.7%
Source: Statistics Mauritius Source: Ministry of Tourism Source: National Bureau of Statistics Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

* Up to 04 October 2023 for Maldives