Ministry of Tourism

Vol. 37

HANDBOOK OF STATISTICAL
DATA ON TOURISM 2017

Republic of Mauritius
HANDBOOK OF STATISTICAL
DATA ON TOURISM
YEAR 2017
 FOREWORD

Handbook of Statistical Data on Tourism

Vol. 37

2017

This report is a yearly publication of the Ministry of Tourism. It is designed to

present, in a concise manner, information pertaining to the tourism industry. Relevant
tabulations obtained from the Survey of Inbound Tourism have been included in this report to
provide supplementary data on the profile of tourists visiting Mauritius.

Prior to 1994, data on passenger traffic has been compiled from a 10% sample of
embarkation and disembarkation cards filled in by passengers. However, as from January
1994, it is based on movements of all passengers, including cruise travellers. Thus,
disaggregated data for 1994 onwards may not be strictly comparable to previous series.

It is hoped that the data will meet the needs and requirements of stakeholders and all
those who take an interest in the evolution of tourism in Mauritius. The cooperation of
Statistics Mauritius, the Bank of Mauritius, the Civil Aviation Department, the Passport and
Immigration Office and all hotels is acknowledged.

(Mrs. SEEWOORUTHUN Devi Chand Anandi Rye)

Permanent Secretary
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SUMMARY: MAIN TOURISM STATISTICS

2017

 1,341,860 tourist arrivals were recorded during the year.

 The principal tourist markets were France (20.4%), United Kingdom

(11.2%) and Reunion Island (10.9%).

 The average length of stay of a tourist was 10.3 nights.

 Gross earnings from tourism amounted to Rs 60,262 million.

 There were 111 hotels in operation with a total room capacity of

13,511 and a total bed capacity of 29,650.

 Total room and total bed occupancy rates of all hotels were 77% and
68% respectively.
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DEFINITIONS AND NOTES

Tourist

a) Prior to 1964, a tourist was defined as a non-resident staying in Mauritius for more than 24 hours
but less than 6 months.
b) From 1964 to 2008, a tourist was defined as a non-resident staying in Mauritius for more than 24
hours but less than a year and was not involved in any gainful occupation.
c) As from 2009, a tourist is defined as a non-resident staying overnight but less than a year, and
who has no employer-employee relationship with a resident.

The figures for the three periods are nevertheless comparable because of the small number of tourists
staying for more than 6 months.

Visitor
Visitors include the following:
a) Tourists as defined above and
b) Excursionists or same day visitors, i.e. non-residents, other than those who do not leave the
airport/ships, who depart on the same day they arrived.

Tourist nights

Prior to 2010, tables on tourist nights show the number of nights spent by tourists who were present in
the country during the period under review. Thus, the number of tourist nights for 2009 includes:

a) nights spent during 2009 by tourists who arrived prior to 1st January 2009; and
b) nights spent during 2009 by tourists who arrived during the same year.

However, nights spent after 31st December 2009 by tourists who arrived in 2009 are excluded.

As from year 2010, the number of tourist nights for year Y refers to nights spent by tourists who
departed in year Y.

Seasonal index

The seasonal index is the ratio of monthly tourist arrivals to monthly average number of tourist
arrivals for the year under review.

Seasonal Index = Monthly tourist arrivals x 100

Monthly average tourist arrivals for the year

Occupancy rate

The room/bed occupancy rate is the ratio of room/bed nights rented to the total number of room/bed
nights available.

= Total number of room/bed nights rented x 100

Total number of room/bed nights available

Large hotels

Large hotels are well established beach hotels of over 80 rooms

 CONTENTS

Page
Summary : Main Tourism Statistics i
Definitions and Notes ii

Table 1 : Passenger arrivals and departures by gender, 1998 - 2017 1

Table 2 : Passenger arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2013 - 2017 1
Table 3 : Monthly passenger arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2017 2
Table 4 : Passenger arrivals : number and indices, 2014 - 2017 2
Table 5 : Departure of Mauritian residents by country of disembarkation, 2013 - 2017 3
Table 6 : Tourist arrivals by mode of transport and tourist nights spent during period, 2004 - 2017 3
Table 7 : Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2008 - 2017 4
Table 8 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2008 - 2017 4
Table 9 : Tourist arrivals : Seasonal index, 2008 - 2017 6
Table 10 : Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017 7
Table 11 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017 10
Table 12 : Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017 13
Table 13 : Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017 16
Table 14 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by purpose of visit, 2011 - 2017 19
Table 15 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by type of accommodation, 2011 - 2017 19
Table 16 : The main tourist generating countries by rank, 2013 - 2017 20
Table 17 : Tourist nights by country of residence, 2008 - 2017 21
Table 18 : Percentage distribution of tourist nights by country of residence, 2008 - 2017 23
Table 19 : Average length of stay (nights) of tourists by country of residence, 2008 - 2017 24
Table 20 : Gross earnings (Rs Million) from tourism, 2008 - 2017 25
Table 21 : Expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2011 - 2017 26
Table 22 : Expenditure of tourists by type of expenditure, 2011 - 2017 26
Table 23 : Average expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2011 - 2017 27
Table 24 : Hotels, rooms and bedplaces, 2008 - 2017 27
Table 25 : Monthly occupancy rates in all hotels, 2013 - 2017 28
Table 26 : Monthly occupancy rates in large hotels, 2013 - 2017 28
Table 27 : Employment in large establishments of the tourism industry as at end of March, 2008 - 2017 29
Selected Tourism Statistics, 1985 - 2017 29
Fig 1 : Total arrivals, tourist arrivals and tourist nights, 2008 - 2017 5
Fig 2 : Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2017 5
Fig 3 : Tourist arrivals : Seasonality in 2008 and 2017 6
Fig 4 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017 19
Fig 5 : Gross earnings (Rs Million) from tourism, 2008 - 2017 25
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Table 1 - Passenger arrivals and departures by gender, 1998 - 2017
Arrivals Departures
Net overseas
Period
Total Male Female Total Male Female Migration

1998 738,021 344,842 393,179 735,350 358,386 376,964 + 2,671

1999 777,931 407,706 370,225 764,116 399,850 364,266 + 13,815
2000 865,222 451,443 413,779 846,039 441,622 404,417 + 19,183
2001 858,182 447,224 410,958 850,296 442,776 407,520 + 7,886
2002 891,106 464,173 426,933 882,521 459,565 422,956 + 8,585
2003 904,990 472,554 432,436 884,190 459,847 424,343 + 20,800
2004 939,715 489,647 450,068 918,460 477,267 441,193 + 21,255
2005 989,913 515,073 474,840 976,132 508,308 467,824 + 13,781
2006 1,016,864 530,944 485,920 1,004,706 523,884 480,822 + 12,158
2007 1,177,231 614,819 562,412 1,176,130 611,666 564,464 + 1,101
2008 1,226,428 640,659 585,769 1,206,749 629,234 577,515 + 19,679
2009 1,156,579 595,584 560,995 1,153,569 595,214 558,355 + 3,010
2010 1,252,038 644,966 607,072 1,257,008 647,738 609,270 - 4,970
2011 1,294,387 669,155 625,232 1,293,139 667,622 625,517 + 1,248
2012 1,286,844 666,572 620,272 1,286,091 666,334 619,757 + 753
2013 1,321,633 684,259 637,374 1,320,887 682,892 637,995 + 746
2014 1,389,213 714,261 674,952 1,385,137 709,699 675,438 + 4,076
2015 1,523,221 777,408 745,813 1,520,162 774,496 745,666 + 3,059
2016 1,686,359 855,426 830,933 1,681,249 851,516 829,733 + 5,110
2
2017 1,781,021 901,952 879,069 1,777,295 897,714 879,581 + 3,726

1
Excluding inter island traffic between the main island of Mauritius and the other constituent islands of the
Republic of Mauritius and direct transit but includes international traffic between Rodrigues and Reunion Island.
2
Provisional

Table 2 - Passenger 1 arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2013 - 2017

Type of passenger 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2
Arrivals
Visitors 3 1,014,818 1,065,030 1,173,891 1,306,873 1,371,475
- On holiday 922,970 969,157 1,077,442 1,200,047 1,260,231
- On business 36,614 37,710 42,028 44,133 46,856
- On conference 6,866 7,072 6,310 6,264 5,700
- In transit 44,675 47,447 44,208 52,948 54,749
- Other and not stated 3,693 3,644 3,903 3,481 3,939
Mauritian residents 235,440 230,654 250,998 269,461 292,852
Other & Not Stated 71,375 93,529 98,332 110,025 116,694
Total arrivals 1,321,633 1,389,213 1,523,221 1,686,359 1,781,021
Departures
Visitors 1,011,416 1,057,727 1,164,300 1,291,771 1,350,755
Mauritian residents 227,855 222,906 242,445 260,467 282,764
Other 81,616 104,504 113,417 129,011 143,776
Total departures 1,320,887 1,385,137 1,520,162 1,681,249 1,777,295
1
Excluding inter island traffic between the main island of Mauritius and the other constituent islands of the
Republic of Mauritius and direct transit but includes international traffic between Rodrigues and Reunion Island.
2
Provisional
3
Including non-residents who left the airport but stayed in the country for less than a day
Table 3 - Monthly passenger 1 arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2017

Type of passenger Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017 2
Arrivals
Visitors 126,987 109,914 112,952 114,814 97,563 79,221 113,762 101,592 97,459 133,543 123,271 160,397 1,371,475
- On holiday 118,374 98,760 102,210 105,686 90,392 72,078 105,450 93,717 88,777 121,246 113,252 150,289 1,260,231
- On business 3,192 3,625 4,497 3,574 4,102 3,807 3,905 3,496 4,187 4,577 5,031 2,863 46,856
- On conference 183 357 438 459 380 360 445 322 755 1,203 677 121 5,700
- In transit 5,113 7,008 5,562 4,841 2,418 2,602 2,900 3,765 3,608 6,094 3,905 6,933 54,749
- Other & N.Stated 125 164 245 254 271 374 1,062 292 132 423 406 191 3,939
Mauritian residents 27,072 18,060 22,934 25,983 20,804 19,448 28,251 27,946 22,544 20,406 25,493 33,911 292,852
Other 11,958 10,314 10,608 9,464 7,697 7,286 8,416 8,168 7,550 10,045 11,134 14,054 116,694

Total arrivals 166,017 138,288 146,494 150,261 126,064 105,955 150,429 137,706 127,553 163,994 159,898 208,362 1,781,021
Departures
Visitors 154,247 109,422 114,222 115,520 103,958 77,466 99,285 112,254 92,883 125,830 119,512 126,156 1,350,755

2
Mauritian residents 22,911 20,105 23,357 23,747 19,681 19,109 27,796 24,274 23,446 20,217 27,746 30,375 282,764
Other 15,970 11,635 13,141 11,077 8,850 8,568 9,805 10,064 8,956 11,024 14,647 20,039 143,776

Total departures 193,128 141,162 150,720 150,344 132,489 105,143 136,886 146,592 125,285 157,071 161,905 176,570 1,777,295

1
Excluding inter island traffic between the main island of Mauritius and the other constituent islands of the Republic of Mauritius and direct transit but includes international traffic
between Rodrigues and Reunion Island.
2
Provisional

Table 4 - Passenger arrivals : number and indices, 2014 - 2017

Category 2014 2015 2016 2017 1
Total arrivals (000's) 1,389.2 1,523.2 1,686.4 1,781.0
Index (2014=100) 100.0 109.6 121.4 128.2
Tourist arrivals (000's) 1,038.3 1,151.3 1,275.2 1,341.9
Index (2014=100) 100.0 110.9 122.8 129.2
Tourist nights 2 (000's) 11,266.8 12,050 13,118 13,641
Index (2014=100) 100.0 107.0 116.4 121.1
Average length of stay (nights) 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.3
1
Provisional
2
Tourist nights for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period
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Table 5 - Departure of Mauritian Residents by country of disembarkation 1, 2013 - 2017
Country of disembarkation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2
Australia 7,982 7,281 8,040 8,019 8,411
France 32,180 29,280 31,752 31,546 29,268
Germany 1,944 1,639 1,544 2,440 3,334
Hong Kong SAR 3 7,286 5,198 4,940 4,596 4,807
India 22,531 19,436 19,001 20,848 22,493
Italy 2,507 2,359 1,595 1,365 1,873
Malagasy Republic 9,051 8,662 8,698 9,378 8,418
Malaysia 8,337 10,957 12,983 12,912 5,281
Reunion Island 34,582 30,887 33,710 34,228 43,561
Seychelles 4,957 5,630 9,135 10,383 10,703
Singapore 7,267 2,737 1,721 9,537 14,974
South Africa, Rep. of 21,819 22,066 23,361 26,411 27,751
Switzerland 124 94 0 118 675
United Arab Emirates 41,698 53,626 61,575 61,765 64,558
United Kingdom 20,187 17,726 18,175 17,414 19,423
Other & Not Stated 5,403 5,328 6,215 9,507 17,234

All Countries 227,855 222,906 242,445 260,467 282,764

1
Country of disembarkation may either be the country of final destination or the transit country
2
Provisional
3
Special Administrative Region of China

Table 6 - Tourist arrivals by mode of transport and tourist nights spent during period, 2004 - 2017

% change over previous

Mode of transport Tourist year
Year nights spent
during period Tourist Tourist
Sea Air Total
arrivals nights

2004 11,390 707,471 718,861 7,118,603 + 2.4 + 2.4

2005 13,321 747,742 761,063 7,498,251 + 5.9 + 5.3
2006 13,249 775,027 788,276 7,760,679 + 3.6 + 3.5
2007 12,163 894,808 906,971 8,986,934 + 15.1 + 15.8
2008 15,961 914,495 930,456 9,218,625 + 2.6 + 2.6
2009 23,265 848,091 871,356 8,639,304 - 6.4 - 6.3
2010 1 23,648 911,179 934,827 9,336,446 + 7.3 …
2011 25,047 939,595 964,642 9,494,297 + 3.2 + 1.7
2012 16,930 948,511 965,441 10,043,683 + 0.1 + 5.8
2013 12,815 979,688 992,503 10,675,598 + 2.8 + 6.3
2014 3,336 1,034,998 1,038,334 11,266,751 + 4.6 + 5.5
2015 19,425 1,131,827 1,151,252 12,049,901 + 10.9 + 7.0
2016 28,365 1,246,862 1,275,227 13,117,907 + 10.8 + 8.9
2
2017 29,565 1,312,295 1,341,860 13,640,751 + 5.2 + 4.0
1
Revised as from 2010; a new methodology for computation of tourist nights is being used. "Tourist nights'' for a
reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period.
2
Provisional
Table 7 - Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2008 - 2017

Month of arrival 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1
January 94,579 88,591 91,857 101,887 98,837 92,810 96,285 103,556 118,426 124,362
February 77,763 67,892 72,366 77,390 79,331 81,141 78,899 91,066 100,706 105,049
March 89,152 76,425 85,748 83,349 83,827 91,690 87,876 96,425 108,704 110,271
April 72,837 68,969 64,797 79,173 79,137 76,174 88,102 90,221 91,992 111,432
May 67,705 64,761 71,055 68,214 71,396 74,641 78,545 87,054 94,830 96,557
June 53,722 46,866 53,327 54,591 54,625 54,999 60,440 65,459 71,806 78,188
July 81,169 71,872 77,009 78,034 76,166 77,365 81,934 95,694 108,122 112,347
August 71,605 63,365 65,093 66,865 65,896 73,320 78,466 89,422 94,920 100,191
September 65,632 60,144 65,404 64,880 66,369 71,926 74,508 84,456 91,384 96,282
October 83,524 80,197 87,340 90,616 89,994 92,500 101,323 109,014 130,421 130,070
November 75,380 78,544 85,982 87,348 84,398 89,092 91,213 106,204 115,782 121,496
December 97,388 103,730 114,849 112,295 115,465 116,845 120,743 132,681 148,134 155,615

Whole Year 930,456 871,356 934,827 964,642 965,441 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252 1,275,227 1,341,860
1
Provisional

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Table 8 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2008 - 2017

Month of arrival 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1
January 10.2 10.2 9.8 10.6 10.2 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.3 9.3
February 8.4 7.8 7.7 8.0 8.2 8.2 7.6 7.9 7.9 7.8
March 9.6 8.8 9.2 8.6 8.7 9.2 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.2
April 7.8 7.9 6.9 8.2 8.2 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.2 8.3
May 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.2
June 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8
July 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.5 8.4
August 7.7 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.8 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.5
September 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.2
October 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.8 9.5 10.2 9.7
November 8.1 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.7 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.1 9.1
December 10.5 11.9 12.3 11.6 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.6
0.0 11.6

Whole Year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0.0 100.0
0.0
1
Provisional
 Figure 1 - Total arrivals, tourist arrivals and tourist nights, 2008 - 2017
1800

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Number (000)

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Tourist nights (x10)

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Figure 2 - Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2017

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Number (000)

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J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MAM J J A S O N D
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Table 9 - Tourist arrivals: Seasonal index, 2008 - 2017
Month of 1
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
arrival
January 122 122 118 127 123 112 111 108 111 111
February 100 93 93 96 99 98 91 95 95 94
March 115 105 110 104 104 111 102 101 102 99
April 94 95 83 98 98 92 102 94 87 100
May 87 89 91 85 89 90 91 91 89 86
June 69 65 68 68 68 66 70 68 68 70
July 105 99 99 97 95 94 95 100 102 100
August 92 87 84 83 82 89 91 93 89 90
September 85 83 84 81 82 87 86 88 86 86
October 108 110 112 113 112 112 117 114 123 116
November 97 108 110 109 105 108 105 111 109 109
December 126 143 147 140 144 141 140 138 139 139

Range 57 78 79 72 76 75 70 70 72 69
1
Provisional
Note: Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures

Figure 3 - Tourist arrivals: Seasonality in 2008 and 2017

170
2008
160
2017

150
Mean

140

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Index

110

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Table 10 - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

EUROPE 547,061 570,684 631,627 734,506 780,209

Austria 7,932 8,303 11,425 16,643 17,596
Belgium 11,562 11,465 14,223 15,675 16,420
Bulgaria 597 700 901 1,707 1,386
Czech Republic 5,545 6,852 7,265 8,503 10,495
Croatia 291 320 446 449 675
Denmark 3,280 3,446 4,600 6,817 6,971
Estonia 256 282 332 489 808
Finland 1,864 2,618 3,895 4,415 4,461
France 244,737 243,655 254,323 271,963 273,419
Germany 60,433 62,212 75,237 103,761 118,856
Greece 831 755 954 1,122 1,034
Hungary 820 1,022 1,509 2,432 2,829
Ireland 1,806 2,284 2,479 3,441 4,020
Italy 31,145 29,553 29,185 31,337 35,101
Latvia 328 276 344 589 672
Lithuania 361 352 429 792 1,046
Luxembourg 1,007 1,227 1,612 1,534 1,802
Netherlands 4,498 4,795 6,926 10,080 13,269
Norway 3,083 3,020 4,135 4,589 5,005
Poland 2,998 3,548 5,330 10,126 11,318
Portugal 1,619 2,095 2,212 4,222 4,254
Romania 1,219 1,074 1,645 2,813 2,691
Serbia 297 246 301 455 605
Slovakia 1,580 2,065 2,090 2,934 3,735
Slovenia 688 698 807 916 1,312
Spain 8,428 8,632 10,013 15,304 15,252
Sweden 4,576 6,452 11,634 14,551 15,516
Switzerland 27,751 29,273 30,680 36,272 40,252
Turkey 705 698 1,004 3,486 2,594
United Kingdom 97,963 115,239 129,754 141,904 149,807
2
CIS Countries 17,701 16,222 14,489 13,624 15,226
of which:
Belarus 427 483 463 422 480
Kazakhstan 207 241 320 355 402
Russian Federation 14,903 13,287 11,406 9,295 11,153
Ukraine 1,876 1,975 2,024 3,230 2,854
Other CIS 288 236 276 322 337
Other European 1,160 1,305 1,448 1,561 1,782

AFRICA 277,828 274,164 284,682 291,890 301,898

3
IOC Countries 165,445 162,561 162,470 165,136 165,914
of which:
Comoros 1,147 938 758 800 886
Malagasy Republic 13,941 13,038 12,215 11,740 12,730
Reunion Island 143,174 141,659 143,845 146,203 146,040
Seychelles 7,183 6,926 5,652 6,393 6,258
1
Provisional
2 3
Commonwealth of Independent States Indian Ocean Commission
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Table 10 (Cont'd) - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

Algeria 216 574 430 310 404

Angola 505 570 434 505 549
Benin 68 48 79 66 108
Botswana 666 758 817 1,088 1,072
Burundi 80 100 115 93 108
Cameroon 159 205 215 321 371
Congo 411 396 697 724 703
Egypt 514 412 517 607 728
Ethiopia 334 231 308 272 392
Gabon 265 191 178 215 149
Ghana 435 434 680 889 897
Ivory Coast 208 256 360 350 496
Kenya 2,865 3,266 3,376 3,185 3,422
Lesotho 145 177 177 223 236
Malawi 233 260 338 402 363
Mayotte 1,088 1,042 1,024 1,189 1,340
Morocco 445 458 597 674 771
Mozambique 698 806 927 1,144 876
Namibia 1,237 1,393 1,474 1,715 1,505
Niger 98 105 147 164 159
Nigeria 907 792 1,217 1,372 1,331
Rwanda 151 137 117 183 221
Senegal 179 164 210 201 298
South Africa, Rep. of 94,137 93,075 101,943 104,834 112,129
Sudan 90 105 107 79 175
Kingdom of Eswatini 4 283 378 303 370 451
Tanzania 625 529 604 625 697
Togo 41 51 103 78 84
Tunisia 399 424 383 382 577
Uganda 533 482 529 469 555
Zimbabwe 1,526 1,735 1,892 2,047 2,553
Zambia 899 891 867 999 994
Other African 1,943 1,158 1,047 979 1,270

ASIA 132,474 158,330 197,735 208,233 211,380

Afghanistan 662 687 739 787 764
Bangladesh 525 563 828 844 1,157
Hong Kong SAR 5 1,449 1,454 1,327 1,342 1,512
India 57,253 61,162 72,135 82,670 86,294
Indonesia 1,835 1,936 2,270 2,375 2,670
Israel 552 617 762 1,161 1,698
Japan 1,754 1,653 1,415 2,655 2,315
Korea Republic 2,776 3,182 3,494 6,025 6,858
Malaysia 3,172 2,969 2,557 4,628 4,352
Maldives 48 47 82 54 58
Nepal 180 376 385 587 374
Pakistan 994 1,291 1,093 1,610 1,088
People's Rep. of China 41,909 63,363 89,584 79,374 72,951
Philippines 1,797 1,680 2,017 2,488 2,742
1 4 5
Provisional Kingdom of Eswatini formerly known as Swaziland Special Administrative Region of China
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Table 10 (Cont'd) - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

Singapore 2,110 1,849 1,779 2,840 3,230

Sri Lanka 492 388 322 379 517
Taiwan 1,592 1,375 1,257 1,457 1,592
Thailand 330 299 377 466 682
Vietnam 541 480 457 729 707
MIDDLE EAST Countries 12,302 12,783 14,647 15,466 19,471
of which:
Bahrain 181 116 145 165 171
Iran 221 545 800 837 607
Jordan 184 168 166 154 184
Kuwait 279 517 527 461 548
Lebanon 441 358 403 380 447
Oman 235 222 228 245 207
Qatar 362 399 416 385 237
Saudi Arabia 2,136 2,390 2,854 3,164 5,142
United Arab Emirates 8,159 8,000 9,049 9,614 11,866
Other Middle East 104 68 59 61 62
Other Asian 201 176 208 296 348

OCEANIA 19,626 18,663 19,084 20,071 22,898

Australia 18,340 17,434 17,835 18,559 21,271
New Zealand 668 714 696 939 1,052
Other Oceanian 618 515 553 573 575

AMERICA 15,228 16,330 17,891 19,766 24,795

Brazil 2,894 2,455 1,947 2,912 4,659
Canada 4,426 4,669 5,608 6,060 6,908
USA 5,741 7,139 8,546 8,524 9,655
Other American 2,167 2,067 1,790 2,270 3,573

Others & not stated 286 163 233 761 680

All countries 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252 1,275,227 1,341,860

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Table 11 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

EUROPE 55.1 55.0 54.9 57.6 58.1

Austria 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3
Belgium 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Bulgaria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Czech Republic 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8
Croatia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Denmark 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5
Estonia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Finland 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
France 24.7 23.5 22.1 21.3 20.4
Germany 6.1 6.0 6.5 8.1 8.9
Greece 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hungary 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Ireland 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Italy 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.6
Latvia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Lithuania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Luxembourg 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Netherlands 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0
Norway 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Poland 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8
Portugal 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Romania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Serbia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovakia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Slovenia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1
Sweden 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2
Switzerland 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.0
Turkey 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
United Kingdom 9.9 11.1 11.3 11.1 11.2
2
CIS Countries 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.1
of which:
Belarus 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Russian Federation 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.8
Ukraine 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Other CIS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other European 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

AFRICA 28.0 26.4 24.7 22.9 22.5

3
IOC Countries 16.7 15.7 14.1 12.9 12.4
of which:
Comoros 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Malagasy Republic 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9
Reunion Island 14.4 13.6 12.5 11.5 10.9
Seychelles 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5
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Table 11 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

Algeria 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Angola 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Botswana 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Burundi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cameroon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Ethiopia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gabon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ghana 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ivory Coast 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenya 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Lesotho 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malawi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mayotte 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Morocco 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mozambique 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Namibia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Niger 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nigeria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rwanda 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Senegal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa, Rep. of 9.5 9.0 8.9 8.2 8.4
Sudan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kingdom of Eswatini 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanzania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tunisia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uganda 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Zambia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other African 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

ASIA 13.3 15.2 17.2 16.3 15.8

Afghanistan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Bangladesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
5
Hong Kong SAR 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
India 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.5 6.4
Indonesia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Israel 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Japan 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Korea Republic 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5
Malaysia 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
People's Rep. of China 4.2 6.1 7.8 6.2 5.4
Philippines 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
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Table 11 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2017

Country of Residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

Singapore 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Sri Lanka 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Thailand 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Vietnam 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
MIDDLE EAST Countries 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5
of which:
Bahrain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iran 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oman 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Qatar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
United Arab Emirates 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9
Other Middle East 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Asian 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

OCEANIA 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7

Australia 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6
New Zealand 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Oceanian 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

AMERICA 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.8

Brazil 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Canada 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
USA 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Other American 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Others & not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

All countries 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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Table 12 - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017

Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017 1

EUROPE 70,434 72,102 66,340 67,536 44,763 34,523 57,026 54,982 54,373 81,263 87,319 89,548 780,209
Austria 2,289 2,708 2,090 1,427 603 402 774 625 776 1,485 2,254 2,163 17,596
Belgium 886 912 1,058 1,647 870 940 2,278 1,156 1,281 1,754 1,692 1,946 16,420
Bulgaria 150 175 90 137 46 55 57 55 64 102 166 289 1,386
Czech Republic 1,236 1,805 1,497 878 388 272 413 207 481 646 1,340 1,332 10,495
Croatia 83 40 45 44 36 35 57 37 44 53 89 112 675
Denmark 1,013 1,227 869 612 170 195 625 170 289 794 410 597 6,971
Estonia 115 64 73 32 16 8 12 5 19 64 96 304 808
Finland 899 926 505 100 83 89 82 58 104 255 373 987 4,461
France 26,687 29,362 24,070 24,488 16,382 8,662 19,955 19,138 12,186 29,588 30,672 32,229 273,419
Germany 8,664 8,472 10,865 10,006 7,882 7,322 6,315 7,250 11,667 13,142 15,733 11,538 118,856
Greece 82 80 85 85 79 67 95 107 104 70 74 106 1,034
Hungary 534 505 325 187 143 77 98 52 73 224 232 379 2,829
Ireland 269 124 257 381 294 407 435 368 405 392 338 350 4,020
Italy 3,989 2,782 2,432 2,971 1,814 1,540 1,995 3,404 2,903 3,181 3,323 4,767 35,101
Latvia 67 75 65 34 17 14 37 14 131 67 81 70 672
Lithuania 171 223 93 109 37 24 44 30 79 67 65 104 1,046
Luxembourg 98 96 103 248 73 63 97 298 161 160 170 235 1,802

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Netherlands 719 730 686 1,083 775 903 1,634 1,402 1,069 1,108 1,589 1,571 13,269
Norway 334 536 295 390 114 398 930 177 261 437 507 626 5,005
Poland 2,389 2,148 1,283 312 201 351 502 385 508 469 1,444 1,326 11,318
Portugal 142 245 246 342 408 298 496 640 528 317 284 308 4,254
Romania 287 250 245 157 112 187 124 151 252 172 331 423 2,691
Serbia 66 85 33 32 38 40 26 25 35 47 63 115 605
Slovakia 457 853 476 363 147 85 66 39 112 222 363 552 3,735
Slovenia 126 165 126 124 50 60 90 44 101 123 105 198 1,312
Spain 525 420 585 699 864 996 2,116 2,899 2,279 1,603 935 1,331 15,252
Sweden 3,142 2,974 2,058 451 260 376 487 174 345 1,240 1,166 2,843 15,516
Switzerland 2,811 3,250 2,823 5,121 1,608 1,109 2,879 1,115 2,837 6,147 5,563 4,989 40,252
Turkey 590 223 286 192 153 170 160 165 191 117 170 177 2,594
United Kingdom 8,791 9,135 10,987 13,255 10,181 8,811 13,237 14,061 14,009 15,796 16,392 15,152 149,807
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CIS Countries 2,693 1,372 1,570 1,447 843 484 745 592 933 1,227 1,122 2,198 15,226
of which:
Belarus 63 46 54 27 29 31 30 26 40 41 34 59 480
Kazakhstan 92 47 62 43 11 11 27 12 5 22 6 64 402
Russian Federation 1,898 993 1,136 1,049 620 340 534 415 693 970 851 1,654 11,153
Ukraine 596 258 279 296 170 89 130 122 167 179 206 362 2,854
Other CIS 44 28 39 32 13 13 24 17 28 15 25 59 337
Other European 130 140 119 182 76 83 165 139 146 194 177 231 1,782

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Table 12 (Cont'd) - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017

Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017 1

AFRICA 31,580 12,808 24,630 26,136 26,375 16,690 31,766 23,588 20,648 28,181 17,251 42,245 301,898
IOC 3 Countries 23,778 6,541 15,271 10,448 17,669 7,629 19,081 12,643 7,703 18,373 8,257 18,521 165,914
of which:
Comoros 86 73 73 119 51 41 57 55 99 80 81 71 886
Malagasy Republic 918 889 806 1,086 713 616 1,332 1,587 1,009 1,251 999 1,524 12,730
Reunion Island 22,417 5,201 14,028 8,501 16,476 6,370 17,288 10,467 6,140 16,656 6,629 15,867 146,040
Seychelles 357 378 364 742 429 602 404 534 455 386 548 1,059 6,258
Algeria 12 16 27 29 63 11 74 56 32 31 26 27 404
Angola 20 62 43 55 42 34 44 25 21 55 42 106 549
Benin 4 5 4 19 19 5 9 4 11 13 11 4 108
Botswana 56 39 65 84 70 71 145 100 54 71 79 238 1,072
Burundi 4 2 2 10 10 6 21 15 10 13 8 7 108
Cameroon 42 19 29 29 26 24 37 30 30 36 38 31 371
Congo 56 63 69 61 64 39 55 68 61 52 47 68 703
Egypt 43 30 89 45 37 45 116 64 87 50 43 79 728
Ethiopia 11 26 53 23 8 18 36 38 81 34 31 33 392
Gabon 5 24 19 14 14 1 9 19 9 11 7 17 149
Ghana 36 60 114 53 54 54 84 97 119 83 62 81 897
Ivory Coast 31 40 20 28 39 37 60 33 50 69 56 33 496

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Kenya 210 227 202 286 279 252 304 409 273 267 291 422 3,422
Lesotho 12 6 19 19 18 32 11 15 18 20 23 43 236
Malawi 10 17 42 28 23 31 61 37 24 21 42 27 363
Mayotte 37 129 134 223 94 26 135 43 49 136 117 217 1,340
Morocco 39 84 65 41 49 44 113 70 59 72 58 77 771
Mozambique 94 49 96 66 52 49 94 77 60 85 68 86 876
Namibia 67 54 61 183 287 82 66 152 103 101 65 284 1,505
Niger 10 15 14 11 13 8 19 9 21 13 16 10 159
Nigeria 58 95 91 65 94 71 90 175 125 145 217 105 1,331
Rwanda 8 18 8 16 17 6 45 25 21 17 25 15 221
Senegal 21 11 9 21 17 11 45 31 45 42 26 19 298
South Africa, Rep. of 6,522 4,754 7,456 13,348 6,988 7,558 10,277 8,619 10,926 7,786 7,057 20,838 112,129
Sudan 6 2 55 5 3 34 7 9 25 10 14 5 175
Kingdom of Eswatini 4 32 20 54 54 23 24 70 41 50 22 24 37 451
Tanzania 38 55 90 75 27 61 66 58 71 53 55 48 697
Togo 4 3 6 4 3 5 18 5 15 7 7 7 84
Tunisia 32 46 36 127 23 26 88 49 36 47 34 33 577
Uganda 16 24 58 44 31 43 57 50 80 53 57 42 555
Zimbabwe 121 138 176 364 130 197 174 343 189 194 154 373 2,553
Zambia 46 53 78 118 47 58 102 79 79 99 73 162 994
Other African 99 81 75 140 42 98 153 100 111 100 121 150 1,270
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Table 12 (Cont'd) - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017

Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017 1

ASIA 18,239 17,411 16,020 13,836 22,024 23,368 19,000 18,078 16,955 16,386 13,096 16,967 211,380
Afghanistan 56 50 62 62 67 52 64 62 63 58 76 92 764
Bangladesh 102 57 134 68 79 62 68 36 136 120 76 219 1,157
Hong Kong SAR 5 109 84 94 233 95 99 174 116 108 105 87 208 1,512
India 5,136 6,991 5,122 5,547 12,221 12,491 6,637 5,681 5,441 6,086 5,384 9,557 86,294
Indonesia 139 269 571 111 165 176 69 252 420 230 90 178 2,670
Israel 124 186 132 92 127 72 118 135 147 196 100 269 1,698
Japan 187 156 239 232 148 189 141 248 188 231 157 199 2,315
Korea Republic 462 496 552 657 589 519 278 277 705 607 1,049 667 6,858
Malaysia 436 476 627 244 421 495 207 434 234 201 247 330 4,352
Maldives 1 3 11 2 3 17 5 2 2 3 3 6 58
Nepal 40 27 24 17 17 20 42 12 59 57 14 45 374
Pakistan 78 58 83 53 120 86 134 73 107 124 70 102 1,088
People's Rep. of China 9,928 6,749 5,122 4,701 6,392 6,209 7,373 7,319 6,539 6,112 3,895 2,612 72,951
Philippines 179 369 346 130 185 190 185 255 298 247 131 227 2,742
Singapore 187 203 237 227 241 462 253 231 187 256 218 528 3,230
Sri Lanka 21 42 42 36 21 30 40 36 75 86 60 28 517
Taiwan 113 215 143 78 118 93 106 151 274 131 74 96 1,592
Thailand 36 66 59 41 56 29 90 48 37 123 49 48 682
Vietnam 39 78 105 19 21 86 40 35 48 87 60 89 707
MIDDLE EAST Countries 850 822 2,293 1,252 877 1,962 2,932 2,636 1,860 1,308 1,247 1,432 19,471

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of which:
Bahrain 3 6 2 22 7 11 31 30 13 10 11 25 171
Iran 4 2 449 4 13 8 13 12 48 22 16 16 607
Jordan 10 4 19 10 4 18 29 27 21 15 14 13 184
Kuwait 44 32 30 36 17 39 99 109 73 18 24 27 548
Lebanon 13 23 42 62 38 41 24 45 34 37 40 48 447
Oman 11 3 25 19 5 33 35 26 10 12 13 15 207
Qatar 25 10 18 51 23 18 22 16 12 16 9 17 237
Saudi Arabia 267 165 303 257 99 234 696 726 942 669 450 334 5,142
United Arab Emirates 470 576 1,401 782 668 1,547 1,977 1,636 703 504 666 936 11,866
Other Middle East 3 1 4 9 3 13 6 9 4 5 4 1 62
Other Asian 16 14 22 34 61 29 44 39 27 18 9 35 348
OCEANIA 1,670 967 1,232 2,116 1,565 1,702 2,120 1,793 2,543 2,116 1,690 3,384 22,898
Australia 1,567 857 1,131 2,007 1,427 1,569 1,944 1,664 2,408 1,951 1,604 3,142 21,271
New Zealand 57 55 66 62 89 87 120 93 101 108 47 167 1,052
Other Oceanian 46 55 35 47 49 46 56 36 34 57 39 75 575
AMERICA 2,393 1,712 2,000 1,728 1,764 1,859 2,367 1,707 1,716 2,078 2,077 3,394 24,795
Brazil 531 214 375 360 431 319 304 215 466 598 442 404 4,659
Canada 528 412 530 421 482 537 868 571 407 488 498 1,166 6,908
USA 797 668 676 598 638 859 846 781 659 688 858 1,587 9,655
Other American 537 418 419 349 213 144 349 140 184 304 279 237 3,573
Others & not stated 46 49 49 80 66 46 68 43 47 46 63 77 680

All countries 124,362 105,049 110,271 111,432 96,557 78,188 112,347 100,191 96,282 130,070 121,496 155,615 1,341,860
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Table 13 - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017

Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017 1

EUROPE 56.6 68.6 60.2 60.6 46.4 44.2 50.8 54.9 56.5 62.5 71.9 57.5 58.1
Austria 1.8 2.6 1.9 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.9 1.4 1.3
Belgium 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.2 2.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Bulgaria 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Czech Republic 1.0 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.8
Croatia 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Denmark 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5
Estonia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1
Finland 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3
France 21.5 28.0 21.8 22.0 17.0 11.1 17.8 19.1 12.7 22.7 25.2 20.7 20.4
Germany 7.0 8.1 9.9 9.0 8.2 9.4 5.6 7.2 12.1 10.1 12.9 7.4 8.9
Greece 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hungary 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Ireland 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Italy 3.2 2.6 2.2 2.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 3.4 3.0 2.4 2.7 3.1 2.6
Latvia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Lithuania 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Luxembourg 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

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Netherlands 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.0 1.0
Norway 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Poland 1.9 2.0 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.9 0.8
Portugal 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Romania 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
Serbia 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Slovakia 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3
Slovenia 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.9 2.9 2.4 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.1
Sweden 2.5 2.8 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.8 1.2
Switzerland 2.3 3.1 2.6 4.6 1.7 1.4 2.6 1.1 2.9 4.7 4.6 3.2 3.0
Turkey 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
United Kingdom 7.1 8.7 10.0 11.9 10.5 11.3 11.8 14.0 14.5 12.1 13.5 9.7 11.2
2
CIS Countries 2.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.1
of which:
Belarus 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Russian Federation 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.8
Ukraine 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other CIS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other European 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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Table 13 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017

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Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017

AFRICA 25.4 12.2 22.3 23.5 27.3 21.3 28.3 23.5 21.4 21.7 14.2 27.1 22.5
3
IOC Countries 19.1 6.2 13.8 9.4 18.3 9.8 17.0 12.6 8.0 14.1 6.8 11.9 12.4
of which:
Comoros 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Malagasy Republic 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9
Reunion Island 18.0 5.0 12.7 7.6 17.1 8.1 15.4 10.4 6.4 12.8 5.5 10.2 10.9
Seychelles 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5
Algeria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Angola 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Botswana 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Burundi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cameroon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Egypt 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Ethiopia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gabon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ghana 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ivory Coast 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Kenya 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Lesotho 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malawi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mayotte 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Morocco 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Mozambique 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Namibia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Niger 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nigeria 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Rwanda 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Senegal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa, Rep. of 5.2 4.5 6.8 12.0 7.2 9.7 9.1 8.6 11.3 6.0 5.8 13.4 8.4
Sudan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4
Kingdom of Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanzania 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tunisia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uganda 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Zambia 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other African 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
1 3 4
Provisional Indian Ocean Commission Kingdom of Eswatini formerly known as Swaziland
Table 13 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2017
1
Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2017
ASIA 14.7 16.6 14.5 12.4 22.8 29.9 16.9 18.0 17.6 12.6 10.8 10.9 15.8
Afghanistan 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Bangladesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hong Kong SAR 5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
India 4.1 6.7 4.6 5.0 12.7 16.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 4.7 4.4 6.1 6.4
Indonesia 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Israel 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Japan 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Korea Republic 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.5
Malaysia 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
People's Rep. of China 8.0 6.4 4.6 4.2 6.6 7.9 6.6 7.3 6.8 4.7 3.2 1.7 5.4
Philippines 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Singapore 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Sri Lanka 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Thailand 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Vietnam 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
MIDDLE EAST Countries 0.7 0.8 2.1 1.1 0.9 2.5 2.6 2.6 1.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5

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of which:
Bahrain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iran 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oman 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Qatar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4
United Arab Emirates 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.7 0.7 2.0 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9
Other Middle East 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Asian 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OCEANIA 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.9 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.6 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.7
Australia 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.5 1.5 1.3 2.0 1.6
New Zealand 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Other Oceanian 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AMERICA 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.8
Brazil 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Canada 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5
USA 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.7
Other American 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Others & not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
All countries 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1 5
Provisional Special Administrative Region of China
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Figure 4 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of

residence, 2017

France
Other countries
20.4%
22.9%

Italy
2.6% United Kingdom
Switzerland 11.2%
3.0%
People's Rep. of
China
5.4%

India Reunion Island

6.4% 10.9%

Republic of Germany
South Africa 8.9%
8.4%

Table 14 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by purpose of visit, 2011 - 2017

Purpose of visit 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 1

Leisure/Recreation/Holiday 88.3 88.2 88.7 92.1 93.2 92.7

Business/Seminar/Official Mission 6.2 5.4 4.9 2.6 2.6 3.3
Visiting friends/relatives 2.8 3.3 2.5 2.1 0.9 1.0
Other 2.7 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.0

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1
Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism Provisional
Note: Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out during the year 2014.

Table 15 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by type of accommodation, 2011 - 2017

Type of Accommodation 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 1

Hotel 78.4 75.1 80.3 82.3 81.2 79.6

Guest House 4.3 5.4 5.4 2.9 4.8 5.0
In own villas / Houses / Bungalows / IRS NA NA 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.8
Tourist Residence 9.8 9.7 6.5 8.3 7.3 8.5
With friends/relatives 6.7 9.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.8
Other 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1
Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism NA: Not Available Provisional
Note: Figures in shaded cells should be treated with caution; they are subject to low reliability since they are based on fewer than 30 observations
in the sample; Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out during the
year 2014.
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Table 16 - The main tourist generating countries by rank, 2013 - 2017

Rank
Country of Residence Mean Rank
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

France 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reunion Island 2 2 2 2 3 2
United Kingdom 3 3 3 3 2 3
Republic of South Africa 4 4 4 4 5 4
Germany 5 6 6 5 4 5
India 6 7 7 6 6 6
People's Rep. of China 7 5 5 7 7 7
Switzerland 9 9 8 8 8 8
Italy 8 8 9 9 9 9
Australia 10 10 10 10 10 10
Belgium 13 13 11 12 12 11
Malagasy Republic 12 12 12 15 16 12
Austria 16 15 14 11 11 13
Russian Federation 11 11 15 19 19 14
Spain 14 14 16 13 14 15
Sweden 20 20 13 14 13 16
United Arab Emirates 15 16 17 18 17 17
USA 18 17 18 20 21 18
Netherlands 21 21 20 17 15 19
Czech Republic 19 19 19 21 20 20
Poland 26 23 23 16 18 21
Seychelles 17 18 21 23 25 22
Canada 22 22 22 24 23 23
Denmark 23 24 24 22 22 24
Korea Republic 29 26 27 25 24 25
Norway 25 27 25 27 27 26
Malaysia 24 28 30 26 30 27
Finland 31 29 26 28 29 28
Kenya 28 25 28 31 34 29
Saudi Arabia 30 31 29 32 26 30
Brazil 27 30 34 34 28 31
Portugal 33 33 32 29 31 32
Ireland 32 32 31 30 32 33
Slovakia 34 34 33 33 33 34

1
Provisional
Table 17 - Tourist nights by country of residence, 2008 - 2017

Country of Residence 2008 2009 2010 1 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2

EUROPE 6,401,547 5,917,949 6,309,738 6,321,635 6,474,801 6,769,651 7,155,716 7,518,217 8,450,414 8,749,223
Austria 99,523 92,209 107,902 100,339 97,043 93,864 101,266 127,358 177,805 190,291
Belgium 148,978 138,764 136,864 141,919 148,383 159,824 163,758 183,529 199,467 208,599
France 2,711,413 2,498,920 2,861,792 2,966,510 2,978,517 3,023,973 3,115,424 3,111,266 3,239,309 3,180,222
Germany 760,468 579,531 643,932 662,562 663,498 718,706 776,324 887,733 1,174,417 1,277,191
Italy 605,457 512,033 509,369 471,977 387,725 331,093 308,522 296,473 310,194 337,644
Netherlands 58,727 59,667 53,395 52,622 48,432 50,889 53,280 76,752 105,979 136,757
Russian Federation NA NA 72,279 116,692 218,512 184,407 172,525 154,305 122,691 148,907
Spain 87,495 85,056 68,259 73,841 71,931 68,742 72,554 87,418 123,552 120,048
Sweden 93,666 62,581 52,794 49,401 47,556 55,499 64,452 131,795 168,500 175,011
Switzerland 192,797 197,742 241,899 284,738 317,601 347,927 373,111 369,779 414,284 464,546

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United Kingdom 1,189,830 1,281,968 1,205,658 1,057,883 1,140,129 1,370,172 1,528,786 1,599,775 1,717,793 1,728,279
Other European 453,193 409,478 355,595 343,153 355,474 364,555 425,714 492,034 696,423 781,728

AFRICA 1,807,998 1,826,343 1,970,881 2,043,094 2,152,230 2,222,546 2,232,206 2,297,810 2,370,161 2,451,357
Comoros 9,510 8,503 12,083 16,162 21,958 22,663 21,731 16,038 18,190 18,192
Kenya 14,338 11,767 11,412 17,802 18,296 22,109 25,045 26,038 25,010 28,272
Malagasy Rep. 107,295 96,282 115,578 107,111 138,998 151,390 181,578 189,158 198,344 210,808
Reunion Island 790,612 969,927 993,837 1,030,720 1,042,124 1,016,159 996,852 998,274 995,309 989,005
Seychelles 95,254 67,976 89,750 81,251 66,202 66,468 62,395 58,787 65,135 64,958
South Africa, Rep. of 699,329 602,983 670,365 704,608 734,287 786,433 784,424 835,862 862,513 920,225
Zimbabwe 24,678 12,859 12,223 14,262 17,296 16,471 18,317 20,654 26,359 29,082
Other African 66,982 56,046 65,633 71,178 113,069 140,853 141,864 152,999 179,301 190,815
1
As from 2010, a new methodology for computation of tourist nights is being used. "Tourist nights'' for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that
reference period.
2
Provisional
NA: not available
Table 17 (Cont'd) - Tourist nights by country of residence, 2008 - 2017

Country of Residence 2008 2009 2010 1 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2

ASIA 693,128 601,066 725,395 775,625 1,000,684 1,241,976 1,419,254 1,759,764 1,807,292 1,894,193
3
Hong Kong SAR 4,492 4,211 4,932 5,434 10,003 9,932 12,646 10,941 10,931 11,432
India 399,570 376,783 412,802 441,355 515,778 578,976 611,798 688,149 750,365 780,775
Japan 10,643 11,481 11,018 9,269 11,141 10,116 8,671 9,047 14,311 14,095
Malaysia 10,156 10,554 11,203 12,228 12,565 19,312 19,268 15,448 22,723 22,791
Peoples' Rep. of China 105,990 69,196 95,055 120,641 226,741 376,235 469,163 650,925 559,972 544,858
Singapore 11,953 11,330 11,902 14,553 15,243 20,004 16,888 15,875 22,161 23,350
United Arab Emirates NA NA 36,279 36,271 36,205 45,811 50,912 61,349 66,518 76,444
Other Asian 150,324 117,511 142,204 135,875 173,008 181,590 229,908 308,030 360,311 420,448

OCEANIA 172,644 148,761 187,384 194,425 228,997 243,036 247,869 253,589 258,787 284,509

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Australia 161,488 138,665 173,841 184,783 219,385 223,008 233,759 239,455 241,605 266,452
Other Oceanian 11,156 10,096 13,544 9,642 9,612 20,028 14,110 14,134 17,182 18,057

AMERICA 133,894 131,044 128,287 144,303 179,399 195,003 209,834 218,769 222,561 254,210
USA 65,761 54,075 51,428 59,440 54,691 57,064 66,462 79,294 78,838 85,484
Canada 43,229 58,423 54,625 61,745 86,707 100,371 105,901 104,587 108,033 115,314
Other American 24,904 18,546 22,234 23,118 38,001 37,568 37,471 34,888 35,690 53,412

Others & Not Stated 9,414 14,141 14,761 15,215 7,572 3,386 1,872 1,752 8,692 7,259

All Countries 9,218,625 8,639,304 9,336,446 9,494,297 10,043,683 10,675,598 11,266,751 12,049,901 13,117,907 13,640,751

1
As from 2010, a new methodology for computation of tourist nights is being used. "Tourist nights'' for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that
reference period.
2
Provisional
3
Special Administrative Region of China
NA: Not Available
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Table 18 - Percentage distribution of tourist nights by country of residence, 2008 - 2017

Country of Residence 2008 2009 2010 1 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2

EUROPE 69.4 68.5 67.6 66.6 64.5 63.4 63.5 62.4 64.4 64.1
Austria 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4
Belgium 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
France 29.4 28.9 30.7 31.2 29.7 28.3 27.7 25.8 24.7 23.3
Germany 8.2 6.7 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.4 9.0 9.4
Italy 6.6 5.9 5.5 5.0 3.9 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5
Netherlands 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0
Russian Federation NA NA 0.8 1.2 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.1
Spain 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9
Sweden 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.3
Switzerland 2.1 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4
United Kingdom 12.9 14.8 12.9 11.1 11.4 12.8 13.6 13.3 13.1 12.7
Other European 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.8 4.1 5.3 5.7

AFRICA 19.6 21.1 21.1 21.5 21.4 20.8 19.8 19.1 18.1 18.0
Comoros 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kenya 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Malagasy Rep. 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Reunion Island 8.6 11.2 10.6 10.9 10.4 9.5 8.8 8.3 7.6 7.3
Seychelles 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
South Africa, Rep. of 7.6 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.7
Zimbabwe 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other African 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

ASIA 7.5 7.0 7.8 8.2 10.0 11.6 12.6 14.6 13.8 13.9
3
Hong Kong SAR 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
India 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.7
Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Malaysia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Peoples' Rep. of China 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.3 3.5 4.2 5.4 4.3 4.0
Singapore 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
United Arab Emirates NA NA 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Other Asian 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.7 3.1

OCEANIA 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1
Australia 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.0
Other Oceanian 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

AMERICA 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9
USA 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Canada 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Other American 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4

Others & Not Stated 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
All Countries 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1
As from 2010, a new methodology for computation of tourist nights is being used.
2
Provisional
3
Special Administrative Region of China
NA: Not Available
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Table 19 - Average length of stay (nights) of tourists by country of residence, 2008 - 2017

Country of Residence 2008 2009 2010 1 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2

EUROPE 10.5 10.1 10.8 10.5 11.7 12.4 12.6 12.0 11.6 11.4
Austria 11.1 11.1 12.1 11.7 12.0 12.0 12.3 11.5 11.1 11.0
Belgium 12.6 13.3 13.0 12.2 13.5 13.7 14.5 13.0 13.0 12.8
France 10.4 8.9 9.9 9.8 11.5 12.4 12.8 12.3 11.9 11.8
Germany 12.4 11.2 12.3 12.1 12.2 12.0 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.1
Italy 9.1 8.7 9.4 9.3 9.8 10.4 10.6 10.3 10.2 10.0
Netherlands 9.7 10.7 11.0 10.6 11.2 11.2 11.3 11.2 10.8 10.5
Russian Federation NA NA 11.5 10.9 11.7 12.2 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.7
Spain 7.3 11.7 8.4 7.8 7.6 8.2 8.5 8.8 8.2 8.0
Sweden 11.3 11.7 11.9 12.0 11.4 12.5 11.4 11.8 11.6 11.5
Switzerland 12.0 12.7 12.9 12.1 12.4 12.6 12.8 12.1 11.7 11.8
United Kingdom 11.0 12.4 12.9 12.3 13.2 13.8 13.3 12.4 12.2 11.7
Other European 9.2 9.9 10.7 10.7 11.1 11.3 11.4 10.8 10.4 10.7

AFRICA 8.4 8.8 9.5 9.2 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.1
Comoros 14.5 14.0 16.0 17.2 21.2 19.8 23.5 20.0 23.9 20.8
Kenya 7.2 8.4 7.7 9.2 6.9 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.3
Malagasy Rep. 9.8 11.4 11.8 9.9 10.3 11.4 14.1 15.8 17.6 17.0
Reunion Island 8.2 9.1 9.9 9.8 7.5 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.8
Seychelles 9.0 8.8 9.3 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.2 10.3 10.6 10.4
South Africa, Rep. of 8.3 7.9 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.3
Zimbabwe 13.6 9.5 10.1 9.8 11.4 11.0 10.5 11.2 13.2 11.5
Other African 9.2 9.2 10.4 9.7 9.9 10.4 10.7 10.2 11.0 10.8

ASIA 9.5 9.5 10.2 9.0 10.0 9.6 9.1 9.1 8.8 9.1
3
Hong Kong SAR 7.0 10.7 12.4 9.6 7.7 7.1 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.5
India 9.1 9.5 8.6 8.4 9.6 10.2 10.1 9.6 9.2 9.2
Japan 6.1 8.3 7.9 6.3 7.0 5.8 5.3 6.6 5.5 6.1
Malaysia 6.7 8.6 7.9 6.3 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.0 5.2
Peoples' Rep. of China 12.6 9.8 13.9 8.3 11.3 9.2 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.5
Singapore 6.8 6.8 6.4 6.1 7.5 9.5 9.2 9.0 7.9 7.3
United Arab Emirates NA NA 11.0 10.3 6.5 5.6 6.4 6.9 6.8 6.5
Other Asian 10.2 10.0 17.8 14.1 12.9 11.9 14.8 17.1 15.6 16.1

OCEANIA 8.6 13.2 13.9 12.3 12.8 12.4 13.4 13.4 13.3 12.6
Australia 8.6 13.2 13.6 12.4 12.9 12.2 13.5 13.5 13.4 12.7
Other Oceanian 8.5 12.9 17.3 10.5 11.1 15.5 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.4

AMERICA 9.8 9.9 11.0 10.9 11.3 12.8 12.9 12.6 11.6 10.6
USA 9.3 7.6 8.6 9.4 9.3 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.1
Canada 13.6 16.4 17.0 16.6 19.5 22.0 21.8 19.2 18.5 17.5
Other American 7.2 7.0 8.9 7.1 7.0 7.4 8.3 9.4 7.1 6.6

All Countries 9.9 9.8 10.5 10.1 10.5 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.3
1
As from 2010, a new methodology for computation of average length of stay is being used. ''Average length of stay'' refers to
average number of nights spent by tourists departing in the reference period.
2
Provisional
3
Special Administrative Region of China
NA: Not Available
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Table 20 - Gross earnings (Rs Million) from tourism, 2008 - 2017

Year Jan - June July - Dec Whole Year

2008 22,170 19,043 41,213

2009 18,249 17,444 35,693

2010 19,809 19,647 39,456

2011 21,304 21,413 42,717

2012 23,548 20,830 44,378

2013 22,055 18,502 40,557

2014 22,577 21,727 44,304

2015 24,240 25,951 50,191

2016 27,188 28,679 55,867

2017 1 29,319 30,943 60,262

1
Provisional; As from 2015, BoM is also including data culled from
Money changers and Foreign exchange dealers
Source : Bank of Mauritius

Figure 5 - Gross earnings (Rs Million) from tourism, 2008 - 2017

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60.262
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55.867
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50.191
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44.378 44.304
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41.213 40.557
39.456
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Rs Million (000)

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year
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Table 21 - Expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2011 - 2017

Expenditure (Rs Mn)

Country of residence
2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 1

France 11,362.9 10,316.0 10,991.1 10,622.2 11,704.4 11,958.6

Germany 2,816.3 2,922.9 3,211.3 3,512.4 4,846.9 5,400.8

Italy 2,330.9 1,597.8 1,382.9 1,193.7 1,232.4 1,407.7

Russian Federation 732.4 1,090.9 966.7 764.8 413.7 803.3

Switzerland 1,270.7 1,436.8 1,709.4 1,708.3 2,080.1 2,540.1

United Kingdom 4,390.6 4,432.1 4,822.9 6,774.2 6,873.8 7,127.5

Reunion Island 3,053.6 3,194.2 3,472.4 3,295.4 3,608.2 3,335.2

South Africa, Rep. of 3,340.4 3,326.7 3,493.1 3,178.2 3,304.4 3,850.1

Peoples' Rep. of China 603.7 1,053.1 2,034.4 4,672.6 4,368.0 4,047.5

India 1,691.2 1,727.2 1,784.1 2,411.1 3,345.1 3,143.7

Other countries 6,954.5 7,553.8 8,009.1 11,876.2 14,465.9 16,489.3

All Countries 38,547.1 38,651.4 41,877.3 50,009.1 56,242.9 60,103.8

1
Provisional
Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism conducted by Statistics Mauritius; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out
during the year 2014.
Note: Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures; Figures in shaded cells should be treated with caution;
they are subject to low reliability since they are based on fewer than 30 observations in the sample.

Table 22 - Expenditure of tourists by type of expenditure, 2011 - 2017

Expenditure (Rs Mn)

Type of expenditure
2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 1

Accommodation 23,197.1 22,603.0 24,673.5 30,269.5 34,133.2 37,088.1

Meals & Beverages 4,829.6 5,475.4 4,194.3 5,437.8 5,884.5 6,392.4

Transport 3,019.3 2,882.4 3,313.0 2,261.5 2,574.2 2,662.1

Entertainment 3,031.2 3,178.1 4,557.6 5,686.4 6,759.8 6,705.9

Shopping 4,029.4 4,134.2 4,412.9 5,082.7 5,033.4 5,236.5

Other 440.4 378.3 726.1 1,271.3 1,857.9 2,018.7

TOTAL 38,547.1 38,651.4 41,877.3 50,009.1 56,242.9 60,103.8

1
Provisional
Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism conducted by Statistics Mauritius
Note: Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out during
the year 2014.
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Table 23 - Average expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2011 - 2017

Expenditure (Rs)
Country of residence
2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 1

France 40,227 40,151 44,907 41,917 43,063 44,468

Germany 49,996 52,964 53,053 48,175 47,360 46,977

Italy 44,190 39,937 44,317 42,527 40,499 41,851

Russian Federation 59,913 56,146 64,858 65,465 49,390 78,039

Switzerland 52,160 55,258 61,585 56,459 58,671 64,282

United Kingdom 49,790 50,567 49,205 52,819 48,938 48,192

Reunion Island 23,040 22,130 24,263 22,839 24,735 22,780

South Africa, Rep. of 38,737 37,354 37,079 31,408 32,339 34,571

Peoples' Rep. of China 39,890 50,424 48,538 52,509 55,004 55,620

India 31,345 31,291 31,160 33,779 40,922 36,892

Other Countries 43,338 44,237 44,631 57,511 55,366 56,969

All Countries 39,960 40,035 42,168 43,986 44,660 45,518

Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism conducted by Statistics Mauritius; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out
during the year 2014.
1
Provisional
Note:- Figures in shaded cells should be treated with caution; they are subject to low reliability since they are based on fewer
than 30 observations in the sample.

Table 24 - Hotels 1, rooms and bedplaces, 2008 - 2017

Number as at end of period

Year All Hotels ''Large'' Hotels
No. of hotels No. of rooms No. of bedplaces No. of hotels No. of rooms No. of bedplaces

2008 102 11,488 23,095 46 8,882 17,804

2009 102 11,456 23,235 46 8,647 17,586

2010 112 12,075 24,698 50 9,061 18,597

2011 109 11,925 24,242 48 8,863 18,153

2012 117 12,527 25,496 52 9,293 19,041

2013 107 12,376 25,105 50 9,239 18,799

2014 112 12,799 26,174 53 9,605 19,776

2015 115 13,617 28,732 55 10,378 22,096

2016 111 13,547 29,139 56 10,480 22,839

2017 2 111 3 13,511 29,650 57 10,570 23,579

1
Refers to hotels in the Island of Mauritius which were operational
2
Provisional
3
Excluding one hotel not operational because of renovation works
Table 25 - Monthly occupancy rates in all hotels, 2013 - 2017

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1

Month
Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed
January 67 59 72 64 75 69 78 71 81 73
February 66 57 67 59 75 69 76 68 81 72
March 63 56 64 56 68 62 74 64 76 67
April 60 53 65 57 68 63 69 62 78 68
May 58 51 59 52 66 60 67 60 68 61
June 42 36 46 41 51 46 54 48 60 52
July 53 47 54 49 61 58 65 60 73 66
August 60 53 62 57 66 63 70 64 75 67
September 65 57 64 58 70 64 75 65 77 67
October 71 63 71 65 74 65 81 72 85 75
November 74 65 76 67 79 68 85 74 86 74
December 73 65 74 68 78 71 81 73 81 72
Whole Year 63 55 65 58 70 63 73 65 77 68
1
Provisional

Table 26 - Monthly occupancy rates in large 1 hotels, 2013 - 2017

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2
Month
Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed
January 69 61 74 66 77 72 81 74 83 74
February 67 59 69 61 79 73 80 72 82 74
March 66 58 65 57 70 65 78 67 77 68
April 63 56 69 60 71 66 73 67 80 71
May 61 53 62 54 68 63 69 62 69 64
June 42 37 47 41 52 48 56 51 61 55
July 54 48 57 52 65 62 68 64 76 69
August 62 55 67 62 70 67 74 68 79 71
September 67 60 68 61 74 68 78 68 79 69
October 72 64 75 68 77 69 84 75 87 78
November 75 67 78 70 82 72 87 75 87 75
December 74 66 76 71 81 74 82 75 82 73
Whole Year 65 57 67 60 72 67 76 68 79 70
1 2
Large hotels are well established beach hotels of over 80 rooms Provisional
Room Occupancy Rate = Total number of room nights rented x 100 Bed Occupancy Rate = Total number of bed nights rented x 100
Total number of room nights available Total number of bed nights available
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Table 27 - Employment in large 1 establishments of the tourism industry as at end of March, 2008 - 2017

Establishments 2008 2009 2 2010 2 2011 2 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 2017 3

Food service 2,073 2,585 2,562 2,627 2,911 3,027 3,167 3,249 3,371 3,168
Hotels 22,669 20,904 21,255 21,815 22,263 22,432 22,593 22,630 23,624 24,087
Travel and Other Services 4 4,258 4,206 3,899 4,100 3,946 3,865 3,817 3,804 3,755 3,664

Total 29,000 27,695 27,716 28,542 29,120 29,324 29,577 29,683 30,750 30,919

Source: Survey of Employment and Earnings in large Establishments

1
Large establishments are those employing 10 or more persons.
2 3
Revised Provisional
4
Travel and other services include air transport services, tour operators, travel agencies and car rental.
1 1
SELECTED TOURISM STATISTICS
Number Tourism Earnings 4
Year
Hotels 1 Rooms Tourist arrivals (Rs. Mn)

1985 55 2,630 148,860 845

1986 56 2,888 165,310 1,190
1987 60 3,108 207,570 1,786
1988 64 3,399 239,300 2,381
1989 67 3,605 262,790 2,796
1990 75 4,603 291,550 3,630
1991 80 5,064 300,670 3,940
1992 84 5,271 335,400 4,655
1993 85 5,341 374,630 5,362
1994 90 5,888 400,526 6,415
1995 95 5,977 422,463 7,472
1996 90 6,668 486,867 9,048
1997 87 6,809 536,125 10,068
1998 90 7,267 558,195 11,890
1999 92 8,255 578,085 13,668
2000 95 8,657 656,453 14,234
2001 95 9,024 660,318 18,166
2002 95 9,623 681,648 18,328
2003 97 9,647 702,018 19,415
2004 103 10,640 718,861 23,448
2005 99 10,497 761,063 25,704
2006 98 10,666 788,276 31,942
2007 97 10,857 906,971 40,687
2008 102 11,488 930,456 41,213
2009 102 11,456 871,356 35,693
2010 112 12,075 934,827 39,456
2011 109 11,925 964,642 42,717
2012 117 12,527 965,441 44,378
2013 107 12,376 992,503 40,557
2014 112 12,799 1,038,334 44,304
2015 115 13,617 1,151,252 50,191
2016 111 13,547 1,275,227 55,867
2017 2 111 3 13,511 1,341,860 60,262
1
Refers to hotels in the Island of Mauritius which were operational
2 3
Provisional Excluding one hotel not operational because of renovation works
4
Source: Bank of Mauritius; As from 2015, BoM is also including data culled from Money changers and Foreign exchange dealers