Ministry of Tourism

Vol. 42

HANDBOOK OF STATISTICAL
DATA ON TOURISM 2022

Republic of Mauritius
 HANDBOOK OF
STATISTICAL
DATA ON TOURISM
YEAR 2022
 FOREWORD

Handbook of Statistical Data on Tourism

Vol. 42

2022

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 movement 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.

Mohammad Salim Ferhat JOOMUN

Senior Chief Executive
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SUMMARY: MAIN TOURISM STATISTICS

2022

 997,290 tourist arrivals were recorded during the year.

 The principal tourist markets were France (24.0%), United Kingdom

(14.1%) and Germany (9.7%).

 The average length of stay of a tourist was 11.8 nights.

 Gross earnings from tourism amounted to Rs 64,845 million.

 There were 105 hotels in operation with a total room capacity of

13,017 and a total bed capacity of 30,145.

 Total room and total bed occupancy rates of all hotels were 62% and
55% 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 sex, 2003 - 2022 1

Table 2 : Passenger arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2017 - 2022 1
Table 3 : Monthly passenger arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2022 2
Table 4 : Passenger arrivals : number and indices, 2017 - 2022 2
Table 5 : Departure of Mauritian residents by country of disembarkation, 2017 - 2022 3
Table 6 : Tourist arrivals by mode of travel and tourist nights spent during period, 2009 - 2022 3
Table 7 : Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2022 4
Table 8 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2022 4
Table 9 : Tourist arrivals : Seasonal index, 2013 - 2022 6
Table 10 : Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022 7
Table 11 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022 10
Table 12 : Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022 13
Table 13 : Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022 16
Table 14 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by purpose of visit, 2012 - 2018 19
Table 15 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by type of accommodation, 2012 - 2018 19
Table 16 : The main tourist generating countries by rank, 2018 - 2022 20
Table 17 : Tourist nights by country of residence, 2013 - 2022 21
Table 18 : Percentage distribution of tourist nights by country of residence, 2013 - 2022 23
Table 19 : Average length of stay (nights) of tourists by country of residence, 2013 - 2022 24
Table 20 : Gross earnings (Rs million) from tourism, 2013 - 2022 25
Table 21 : Expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2012 - 2018 26
Table 22 : Expenditure of tourists by type of expenditure, 2012 - 2018 26
Table 23 : Average expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2012 - 2018 27
Table 24 : Hotels, rooms and bedplaces, 2013 - 2022 27
Table 25 : Monthly occupancy rates (%) in all hotels, 2018 - 2022 28
Table 26 : Monthly occupancy rates (%) in large hotels, 2018 - 2022 28
Table 27 : Employment in large establishments of the tourism industry as at end of March, 2013 - 2022 29
Selected Tourism Statistics, 1990- 2022 29
Fig 1 : Total arrivals, tourist arrivals and tourist nights, 2013 - 2022 5
Fig 2 : Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2018 - 2022 5
Fig 3 : Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022 19
Fig 4 : Gross earnings (Rs million) from tourism, 2013 - 2022 25
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Table 1 - Passenger 1 arrivals and departures by sex, 2003 - 2022

Arrivals Departures
Net overseas
Period
Total Male Female Total Male Female Migration

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
2017 1,781,021 901,952 879,069 1,777,295 897,714 879,581 + 3,726
2018 1,862,289 942,579 919,710 1,859,697 937,867 921,830 + 2,592
2019 1,876,736 950,696 926,040 1,882,365 950,164 932,201 - 5,629
2020 442,749 223,747 219,002 491,849 247,769 244,080 - 49,100
2021 246,260 128,149 118,111 227,544 120,974 106,570 + 18,716
2022 1,327,382 669,849 657,533 1,302,968 655,980 646,988 + 24,414
1
Excluding inter island traffic between the main Island of Mauritius and the other constituent islands of Republic of
Mauritius and direct transit but includes international traffic between Islands of Rodrigues and Reunion

Table 2 - Passenger 1 arrivals and departures by type of passenger, 2017 - 2022

Type of passenger 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Arrivals
Visitors 2 1,371,475 1,431,117 1,418,296 315,636 180,315 1,003,141
- On holiday 1,260,231 1,307,653 1,294,160 289,175 168,246 948,818
- On business 46,856 50,463 50,543 10,187 6,504 27,261
- On conference 5,700 8,010 5,507 510 308 1,308
- In transit 54,749 61,617 63,195 15,255 4,839 21,691
- Others and not stated 3,939 3,374 4,891 509 418 4,063
Mauritian residents 292,852 307,850 330,637 84,623 41,210 234,449
Other arrivals 116,694 123,322 127,803 42,490 24,735 89,792
Total arrivals 1,781,021 1,862,289 1,876,736 442,749 246,260 1,327,382
Departures
Visitors 2 1,350,755 1,408,687 1,395,114 361,946 147,978 965,997
Mauritian residents 282,764 296,083 320,178 65,469 42,446 229,268
Other departures 143,776 154,927 167,073 64,434 37,120 107,703
Total departures 1,777,295 1,859,697 1,882,365 491,849 227,544 1,302,968
1
Excluding inter island traffic between the main Island of Mauritius and the other constituent islands of Republic of
Mauritius and direct transit but includes international traffic between Islands of Rodrigues and Reunion
2
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, 2022

Type of passenger Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022
Arrivals
Visitors 2 40,197 52,857 66,206 84,498 70,680 63,252 94,473 87,006 81,449 117,866 107,513 137,144 1,003,141
- On holiday 38,059 49,790 62,387 80,978 66,502 58,357 90,261 82,448 76,634 112,040 101,529 129,833 948,818
- On business 1,078 1,553 2,108 2,168 2,748 2,440 2,264 1,866 2,497 3,373 3,346 1,820 27,261
- On conference 12 26 42 32 144 116 76 65 113 348 183 151 1,308
- In transit 990 1,386 1,446 1,128 1,141 1,425 1,614 2,501 1,915 1,736 2,176 4,233 21,691
- Others and not stated 58 102 223 192 145 914 258 126 290 369 279 1,107 4,063
Mauritian residents 9,767 8,261 12,236 12,974 16,795 18,580 25,822 26,345 19,834 22,443 26,720 34,672 234,449
Other arrivals 6,121 5,320 6,426 6,609 6,098 6,576 7,304 7,761 7,422 8,761 10,076 11,318 89,792

Total arrivals 56,085 66,438 84,868 104,081 93,573 88,408 127,599 121,112 108,705 149,070 144,309 183,134 1,327,382
Departures
Visitors 2 51,491 45,299 65,625 81,716 76,584 61,113 81,233 96,905 78,003 107,636 106,838 113,554 965,997

2
Mauritian residents 9,743 8,282 12,477 14,178 17,040 18,448 22,702 23,424 21,922 20,844 28,383 31,825 229,268
Other departures 7,636 6,263 7,900 7,918 7,488 7,543 8,850 9,306 8,199 9,444 12,259 14,897 107,703

Total departures 68,870 59,844 86,002 103,812 101,112 87,104 112,785 129,635 108,124 137,924 147,480 160,276 1,302,968
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 Islands
of Rodrigues and Reunion
2
Including non-residents who left the airport but stayed in the country for less than a day

Table 4 - Passenger arrivals : number and indices, 2017 - 2022

Category 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total arrivals (000's) 1,781.0 1,862.3 1,876.7 442.7 246.3 1,327.4
Index (2017=100) 100.0 104.6 105.4 24.9 13.8 74.5
Tourist arrivals (000's) 1,341.9 1,399.4 1,383.5 309.0 179.8 997.3
Index (2017=100) 100.0 104.3 103.1 23.0 13.4 74.3
Tourist nights 1 (000's) 13,641 14,296 14,466 4,485 2,168 11,363
Index (2017=100) 100.0 104.8 106.0 32.9 15.9 83.3
Average length of stay 2 (nights) 10.3 10.4 10.6 12.6 14.7 11.8
1
Tourist nights for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period
2
Average length of stay refers to average number of nights spent by tourists departing in the reference period
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Table 5 - Departure of Mauritian residents by country of disembarkation 1, 2017 - 2022
Country of disembarkation 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Australia 8,411 8,848 8,362 2,042 0 2,412
France 29,268 28,925 29,683 8,814 13,540 36,667
Germany 3,334 3,904 3,265 647 369 2,660
Hong Kong SAR 2 4,807 5,090 5,874 307 0 0
India 22,493 26,607 31,232 7,320 2,087 18,187
Italy 1,873 856 890 576 0 14
Malagasy Republic 8,418 8,833 10,701 2,441 479 6,824
Malaysia 5,281 1,670 2,323 354 0 3,428
Reunion Island 43,561 40,081 42,719 7,842 2,991 31,464
Seychelles 10,703 9,509 8,770 1,941 639 3,075
Singapore 14,974 15,714 15,973 1,430 0 17
South Africa, Rep. of 27,751 29,002 32,155 6,971 1,724 16,539
Switzerland 675 1,166 1,912 744 201 1,715
United Arab Emirates 64,558 70,193 72,857 14,973 14,126 58,948
United Kingdom 19,423 19,698 20,704 4,997 3,171 19,471
Others and not stated 17,234 25,987 32,758 4,070 3,119 27,847

All countries 282,764 296,083 320,178 65,469 42,446 229,268

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

Table 6 - Tourist arrivals by mode of travel and tourist nights spent during period, 2009 - 2022

% change over previous

Tourist arrivals Tourist year
Year nights spent
during period Tourist Tourist
Sea Air Total
arrivals nights
2009 23,265 848,091 871,356 8,639,304 - 6.4 - 6.3
1
2010 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
2017 29,565 1,312,295 1,341,860 13,640,751 + 5.2 + 4.0
2018 39,720 1,359,688 1,399,408 14,296,274 + 4.3 + 4.8
2019 45,253 1,338,235 1,383,488 14,465,865 - 1.1 + 1.2
2020 29,655 279,325 308,980 4,485,257 - 77.7 - 69.0
2021 1,047 178,733 179,780 2,168,241 - 41.8 - 51.7
2022 7,191 990,099 997,290 11,363,042 + 454.7 + 424.1

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.
Table 7 - Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2022

Month of arrival 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
January 92,810 96,285 103,556 118,426 124,362 120,974 122,273 137,419 1,232 40,028
February 81,141 78,899 91,066 100,706 105,049 115,600 115,613 111,560 1,229 52,724
March 91,690 87,876 96,425 108,704 110,271 119,841 114,419 55,863 311 66,066
April 76,174 88,102 90,221 91,992 111,432 104,967 108,565 10 58 84,268
May 74,641 78,545 87,054 94,830 96,557 101,138 96,814 20 115 70,462
June 54,999 60,440 65,459 71,806 78,188 84,345 92,398 9 280 63,008
July 77,365 81,934 95,694 108,122 112,347 115,881 115,448 45 1,242 94,084
August 73,320 78,466 89,422 94,920 100,191 109,471 107,275 317 2,499 86,605
September 71,926 74,508 84,456 91,384 96,282 102,849 100,837 369 2,494 81,087
October 92,500 101,323 109,014 130,421 130,070 134,052 129,018 1,149 54,434 117,323
November 89,092 91,213 106,204 115,782 121,496 132,247 128,730 1,177 65,922 106,905
December 116,845 120,743 132,681 148,134 155,615 158,043 152,098 1,042 49,964 134,730

Whole Year 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252 1,275,227 1,341,860 1,399,408 1,383,488 308,980 179,780 997,290

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Table 8 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2013 - 2022

Month of arrival 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
January 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.3 9.3 8.6 8.8 44.5 0.7 4.0
February 8.2 7.6 7.9 7.9 7.8 8.3 8.4 36.1 0.7 5.3
March 9.2 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.6 8.3 18.1 0.2 6.6
April 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.2 8.3 7.5 7.8 0.0 0.0 8.4
May 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.0 0.0 0.1 7.1
June 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.7 0.0 0.2 6.3
July 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.7 9.4
August 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.8 7.8 0.1 1.4 8.7
September 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 0.1 1.4 8.1
October 9.3 9.8 9.5 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.3 0.4 30.3 11.8
November 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.3 0.4 36.7 10.7
December 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.6
0.0 11.6 11.3 11.0 0.3 27.8 13.5

Whole Year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0.0 100.0
0.0 100.0
0.0
 Figure 1 - Total arrivals, tourist arrivals and tourist nights, 2013 - 2022
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Total arrivals Tourist arrivals Tourist nights (x10)
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Year

Figure 2 - Tourist arrivals by month of arrival, 2018 - 2022

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Table 9 - Tourist arrivals: Seasonal index 1, 2013 - 2022

Month of arrival 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022

January 112 111 108 111 111 104 106 48

February 98 91 95 95 94 99 100 63

March 111 102 101 102 99 103 99 79

April 92 102 94 87 100 90 94 101

May 90 91 91 89 86 87 84 85

June 66 70 68 68 70 72 80 76

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July 94 95 100 102 100 99 100 113

August 89 91 93 89 90 94 93 104

September 87 86 88 86 86 88 87 98

October 112 117 114 123 116 115 112 141

November 108 105 111 109 109 113 112 129

December 141 140 138 139 139 136 132 162

Range 75 70 70 72 69 63 52 114

1
Seasonal index was not compiled for years 2020 and 2021 as borders were closed due to COVID-19.
Note: Slight discrepancies may occur due to rounding off of figures
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Table 10 - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

EUROPE 547,061 570,684 631,627 734,506 780,209 824,334 835,946 207,641 145,812 674,511
Austria 7,932 8,303 11,425 16,643 17,596 18,572 18,390 6,343 4,111 16,491
Belgium 11,562 11,465 14,223 15,675 16,420 15,727 16,959 2,310 4,817 17,791
Bulgaria 597 700 901 1,707 1,386 1,913 2,040 811 253 2,081
Czech Republic 5,545 6,852 7,265 8,503 10,495 14,254 14,729 6,066 2,561 12,455
Croatia 291 320 446 449 675 823 992 354 131 475
Denmark 3,280 3,446 4,600 6,817 6,971 7,418 7,388 2,434 1,720 8,192
Estonia 256 282 332 489 808 1,049 1,313 420 318 1,361
Finland 1,864 2,618 3,895 4,415 4,461 4,949 4,051 1,559 365 2,429
France 244,737 243,655 254,323 271,963 273,419 285,371 302,038 79,510 51,525 238,864
Germany 60,433 62,212 75,237 103,761 118,856 132,780 129,100 36,047 18,605 96,767
Greece 831 755 954 1,122 1,034 937 1,086 277 174 766
Hungary 820 1,022 1,509 2,432 2,829 3,277 4,061 2,004 589 2,966
Ireland 1,806 2,284 2,479 3,441 4,020 4,004 3,939 629 582 3,233
Italy 31,145 29,553 29,185 31,337 35,101 38,361 41,991 7,567 3,954 23,035
Latvia 328 276 344 589 672 800 631 235 168 619
Lithuania 361 352 429 792 1,046 829 1,338 385 174 997
Luxembourg 1,007 1,227 1,612 1,534 1,802 1,924 2,030 345 412 2,059
Netherlands 4,498 4,795 6,926 10,080 13,269 16,419 16,814 2,206 1,212 9,166
Norway 3,083 3,020 4,135 4,589 5,005 5,332 5,703 1,179 550 4,669
Poland 2,998 3,548 5,330 10,126 11,318 10,806 11,411 4,146 1,955 8,197
Portugal 1,619 2,095 2,212 4,222 4,254 4,912 5,236 820 694 4,566
Romania 1,219 1,074 1,645 2,813 2,691 4,368 4,817 2,657 1,278 5,709
Serbia 297 246 301 455 605 656 816 405 117 1,022
Slovakia 1,580 2,065 2,090 2,934 3,735 4,237 4,234 2,301 657 3,499
Slovenia 688 698 807 916 1,312 1,741 2,211 631 235 1,312
Spain 8,428 8,632 10,013 15,304 15,252 15,063 14,307 1,523 1,457 11,645
Sweden 4,576 6,452 11,634 14,551 15,516 15,539 13,215 5,732 1,784 7,032
Switzerland 27,751 29,273 30,680 36,272 40,252 41,080 42,045 7,328 7,011 28,350
Turkey 705 698 1,004 3,486 2,594 2,600 3,011 980 361 3,749
United Kingdom 97,963 115,239 129,754 141,904 149,807 151,913 141,520 22,687 34,194 140,847
CIS 1 countries 17,701 16,222 14,489 13,624 15,226 14,920 16,242 7,263 3,556 12,059
of which:
Belarus 427 483 463 422 480 509 725 261 122 429
Kazakhstan 207 241 320 355 402 306 316 151 41 167
Russian Federation 14,903 13,287 11,406 9,295 11,153 11,007 11,191 5,191 2,686 8,831
Ukraine 1,876 1,975 2,024 3,230 2,854 2,765 3,622 1,533 565 2,115
Other CIS countries 288 236 276 322 337 333 388 127 142 517
Other European countries 1,160 1,305 1,448 1,561 1,782 1,760 2,288 487 292 2,108

AFRICA 277,828 274,164 284,682 291,890 301,898 312,618 310,928 58,917 17,303 207,010
IOC 2 countries 165,445 162,561 162,470 165,136 165,914 159,130 161,692 34,396 6,609 88,096
of which:
Comoros 1,147 938 758 800 886 956 1,305 169 85 602
Malagasy Republic 13,941 13,038 12,215 11,740 12,730 14,365 15,979 2,553 753 10,752
Reunion Island 143,174 141,659 143,845 146,203 146,040 138,439 137,570 30,581 5,288 73,336
Seychelles 7,183 6,926 5,652 6,393 6,258 5,370 6,838 1,093 483 3,406
1 2
Commonwealth of Independent States Indian Ocean Commission
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Table 10 (Cont'd) - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Algeria 216 574 430 310 404 303 352 75 20 223

Angola 505 570 434 505 549 637 627 127 29 215
Benin 68 48 79 66 108 119 95 18 8 80
Botswana 666 758 817 1,088 1,072 1,070 1,514 180 45 897
Burundi 80 100 115 93 108 84 110 14 4 71
Cameroon 159 205 215 321 371 445 473 100 103 491
Congo 411 396 697 724 703 603 753 116 73 320
Egypt 514 412 517 607 728 765 830 210 112 764
Ethiopia 334 231 308 272 392 309 318 51 24 320
Gabon 265 191 178 215 149 160 205 31 15 89
Ghana 435 434 680 889 897 1,011 1,036 143 112 744
Ivory Coast 208 256 360 350 496 494 557 67 69 489
Kenya 2,865 3,266 3,376 3,185 3,422 4,035 4,887 746 541 2,937
Lesotho 145 177 177 223 236 337 240 49 16 120
Malawi 233 260 338 402 363 420 469 62 26 335
Mayotte 1,088 1,042 1,024 1,189 1,340 1,355 1,597 228 110 1,042
Morocco 445 458 597 674 771 901 1,053 176 108 673
Mozambique 698 806 927 1,144 876 809 1,151 358 50 639
Namibia 1,237 1,393 1,474 1,715 1,505 1,358 1,365 196 76 1,277
Niger 98 105 147 164 159 160 217 29 16 71
Nigeria 907 792 1,217 1,372 1,331 2,157 3,614 607 264 2,868
Rwanda 151 137 117 183 221 217 297 52 43 280
Senegal 179 164 210 201 298 275 260 54 30 221
South Africa, Rep. of 94,137 93,075 101,943 104,834 112,129 128,097 118,556 19,370 8,061 96,316
Sudan 90 105 107 79 175 91 97 17 8 64
Kingdom of Eswatini 3 283 378 303 370 451 424 435 47 23 215
Tanzania 625 529 604 625 697 797 1,074 180 103 759
Togo 41 51 103 78 84 68 80 13 9 67
Tunisia 399 424 383 382 577 420 507 130 143 447
Uganda 533 482 529 469 555 676 824 153 77 706
Zimbabwe 1,526 1,735 1,892 2,047 2,553 2,496 3,021 355 167 2,078
Zambia 899 891 867 999 994 1,124 1,171 169 74 895
Other African countries 1,943 1,158 1,047 979 1,270 1,271 1,451 398 135 2,201

ASIA 132,474 158,330 197,735 208,233 211,380 213,422 189,849 32,339 13,526 90,960
Afghanistan 662 687 739 787 764 743 815 178 84 192
Bangladesh 525 563 828 844 1,157 1,195 935 258 112 654
Hong Kong SAR 4 1,449 1,454 1,327 1,342 1,512 1,519 1,432 116 18 307
India 57,253 61,162 72,135 82,670 86,294 85,765 75,673 12,781 2,845 36,956
Indonesia 1,835 1,936 2,270 2,375 2,670 2,519 2,734 1,081 1,405 2,335
Israel 552 617 762 1,161 1,698 2,165 3,082 1,741 418 4,408
Japan 1,754 1,653 1,415 2,655 2,315 2,046 2,234 429 86 468
Korea Republic 2,776 3,182 3,494 6,025 6,858 7,204 7,072 776 136 1,171
Malaysia 3,172 2,969 2,557 4,628 4,352 2,264 2,045 287 104 604
Maldives 48 47 82 54 58 51 312 8 9 45
Nepal 180 376 385 587 374 557 336 101 38 278
Pakistan 994 1,291 1,093 1,610 1,088 1,207 932 187 145 537
People's Rep. of China 41,909 63,363 89,584 79,374 72,951 65,736 42,740 5,189 499 1,734
Philippines 1,797 1,680 2,017 2,488 2,742 2,872 3,299 1,158 933 2,597
3 4
Kingdom of Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland Special Administrative Region of China
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Table 10 (Cont'd) - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Singapore 2,110 1,849 1,779 2,840 3,230 2,809 2,794 258 99 1,033
Sri Lanka 492 388 322 379 517 535 511 137 72 470
Taiwan, China 1,592 1,375 1,257 1,457 1,592 1,767 1,872 287 76 416
Thailand 330 299 377 466 682 486 561 86 49 284
Vietnam 541 480 457 729 707 740 652 188 55 308
MIDDLE EAST countries 12,302 12,783 14,647 15,466 19,471 30,948 39,472 7,011 6,316 36,033
of which:
Bahrain 181 116 145 165 171 215 172 18 53 295
Iran 221 545 800 837 607 258 136 20 16 197
Jordan 184 168 166 154 184 152 253 52 46 166
Kuwait 279 517 527 461 548 661 817 177 68 852
Lebanon 441 358 403 380 447 499 565 75 77 213
Oman 235 222 228 245 207 240 253 32 40 168
Qatar 362 399 416 385 237 250 360 35 46 258
Saudi Arabia 2,136 2,390 2,854 3,164 5,142 16,507 22,788 4,982 4,028 19,388
United Arab Emirates 8,159 8,000 9,049 9,614 11,866 12,058 13,999 1,587 1,931 14,416
Other Middle East countries 104 68 59 61 62 108 129 33 11 80
Other Asian countries 201 176 208 296 348 294 346 82 27 130

OCEANIA 19,626 18,663 19,084 20,071 22,898 22,604 20,804 3,500 440 7,794
Australia 18,340 17,434 17,835 18,559 21,271 20,949 18,997 3,073 321 6,986
New Zealand 668 714 696 939 1,052 1,002 1,059 196 60 452
Other Oceanian countries 618 515 553 573 575 653 748 231 59 356

AMERICA 15,228 16,330 17,891 19,766 24,795 25,912 25,379 6,392 2,575 16,530
Brazil 2,894 2,455 1,947 2,912 4,659 3,743 3,521 868 91 767
Canada 4,426 4,669 5,608 6,060 6,908 7,747 8,011 1,804 993 6,250
USA 5,741 7,139 8,546 8,524 9,655 10,525 10,407 2,651 1,328 8,357
Other American countries 2,167 2,067 1,790 2,270 3,573 3,897 3,440 1,069 163 1,156

Others & not stated 286 163 233 761 680 518 582 191 124 485

All countries 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252 1,275,227 1,341,860 1,399,408 1,383,488 308,980 179,780 997,290
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Table 11 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

EUROPE 55.1 55.0 54.9 57.6 58.1 58.9 60.4 67.2 81.1 67.6
Austria 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.1 2.3 1.7
Belgium 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.7 2.7 1.8
Bulgaria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
Czech Republic 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 2.0 1.4 1.2
Croatia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Denmark 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.8
Estonia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Finland 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2
France 24.7 23.5 22.1 21.3 20.4 20.4 21.8 25.7 28.7 24.0
Germany 6.1 6.0 6.5 8.1 8.9 9.5 9.3 11.7 10.3 9.7
Greece 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hungary 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3
Ireland 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Italy 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.3
Latvia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lithuania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Luxembourg 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Netherlands 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.9
Norway 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Poland 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.8
Portugal 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5
Romania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.6
Serbia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Slovakia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.4
Slovenia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.2
Sweden 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.0 0.7
Switzerland 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.4 3.9 2.8
Turkey 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4
United Kingdom 9.9 11.1 11.3 11.1 11.2 10.9 10.2 7.3 19.0 14.1
1
CIS countries 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 2.4 2.0 1.2
of which:
Belarus 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Kazakhstan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Russian Federation 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.5 0.9
Ukraine 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2
Other CIS countries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Other European countries 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

AFRICA 28.0 26.4 24.7 22.9 22.5 22.3 22.5 19.1 9.6 20.8
IOC 2 countries 16.7 15.7 14.1 12.9 12.4 11.4 11.7 11.1 3.7 8.8
of which:
Comoros 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Malagasy Republic 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.1
Reunion Island 14.4 13.6 12.5 11.5 10.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 2.9 7.4
Seychelles 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
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Commonwealth of Independent States Indian Ocean Commission
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Table 11 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Algeria 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Angola 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Botswana 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Burundi 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 0.1 0.0
Congo 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethiopia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
Ghana 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Ivory Coast 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenya 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 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
Malawi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mayotte 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Morocco 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mozambique 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Namibia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Niger 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nigeria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
Rwanda 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
South Africa, Rep. of 9.5 9.0 8.9 8.2 8.4 9.2 8.6 6.3 4.5 9.7
Sudan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kingdom of Eswatini 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanzania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Togo 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Uganda 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Zimbabwe 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Zambia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Other African countries 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

ASIA 13.3 15.2 17.2 16.3 15.8 15.3 13.7 10.5 7.5 9.1
Afghanistan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Bangladesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hong Kong SAR 4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
India 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.5 4.1 1.6 3.7
Indonesia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2
Israel 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4
Japan 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Korea Republic 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1
Malaysia 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Maldives 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 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 4.7 3.1 1.7 0.3 0.2
Philippines 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3
3 4
Kingdom of Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland Special Administrative Region of China
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Table 11 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Singapore 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sri Lanka 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan, China 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Thailand 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnam 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
MIDDLE EAST countries 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.5 3.6
of which:
Bahrain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iran 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 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
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Lebanon 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
Qatar 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 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.6 2.2 1.9
United Arab Emirates 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.1 1.4
Other Middle East countries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Asian countries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

OCEANIA 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.8
Australia 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.7
New Zealand 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other Oceanian countries 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

AMERICA 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.7
Brazil 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Canada 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
USA 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8
Other American countries 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1

Others & not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0

All countries 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Table 12 - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

EUROPE 35,041 44,307 45,790 61,508 44,217 36,374 55,724 56,390 54,490 81,177 80,350 79,143 674,511
Austria 1,503 1,601 1,307 1,462 723 565 947 865 1,187 1,869 2,416 2,046 16,491
Belgium 761 748 836 1,587 864 969 2,470 1,533 1,726 2,314 2,148 1,835 17,791
Bulgaria 206 305 239 240 61 30 29 27 33 142 259 510 2,081
Czech Republic 1,166 1,888 2,236 1,240 649 313 557 272 593 864 1,390 1,287 12,455
Croatia 35 23 49 51 25 20 26 41 29 48 67 61 475
Denmark 613 737 576 1,117 302 246 1,151 235 307 1,442 862 604 8,192
Estonia 224 253 219 88 14 17 13 30 27 70 187 219 1,361
Finland 142 182 144 118 56 108 88 64 129 352 499 547 2,429
France 11,180 19,536 15,418 22,048 15,756 9,508 18,674 19,101 14,145 29,393 31,676 32,429 238,864
Germany 4,386 4,494 6,911 8,205 7,640 8,198 6,021 8,397 12,092 11,677 11,716 7,030 96,767
Greece 63 49 38 54 43 41 44 86 49 93 72 134 766
Hungary 375 358 328 222 92 111 65 64 120 382 330 519 2,966
Ireland 103 90 181 302 191 290 377 318 270 396 276 439 3,233
Italy 1,200 717 1,223 1,364 1,028 1,322 1,584 3,398 2,400 2,654 2,514 3,631 23,035
Latvia 63 64 119 35 29 19 19 17 20 66 80 88 619
Lithuania 141 145 141 94 32 36 32 35 34 72 151 84 997
Luxembourg 42 61 62 329 123 87 150 364 171 227 184 259 2,059

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Netherlands 233 178 281 891 623 657 1,337 1,128 1,025 964 882 967 9,166
Norway 190 299 189 673 154 373 699 126 246 605 429 686 4,669
Poland 453 443 258 416 549 987 515 644 1,099 871 1,135 827 8,197
Portugal 164 130 283 356 464 632 486 495 530 376 333 317 4,566
Romania 667 362 690 1,050 310 306 140 194 200 304 812 674 5,709
Serbia 89 59 68 112 50 92 55 32 103 86 128 148 1,022
Slovakia 463 639 508 369 141 64 64 65 115 201 365 505 3,499
Slovenia 78 83 116 177 60 37 131 31 61 168 180 190 1,312
Spain 232 312 298 575 399 1,022 1,812 2,563 1,469 668 692 1,603 11,645
Sweden 627 507 351 453 273 226 322 102 201 1,196 975 1,799 7,032
Switzerland 1,153 1,094 1,058 3,293 1,461 1,071 2,756 1,358 2,427 5,149 4,125 3,405 28,350
Turkey 283 170 316 366 392 217 329 296 269 267 489 355 3,749
United Kingdom 5,340 7,382 10,317 13,370 10,992 8,316 14,132 13,772 12,542 17,021 13,703 13,960 140,847
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CIS countries 2,785 1,280 930 659 571 388 518 538 699 1,012 1,013 1,666 12,059
of which:
Belarus 58 76 60 32 25 18 10 11 15 20 52 52 429
Kazakhstan 18 9 12 13 28 16 4 4 6 7 23 27 167
Russian Federation 1,734 772 691 531 428 297 443 441 573 871 759 1,291 8,831
Ukraine 882 398 95 36 47 40 30 55 73 88 139 232 2,115
Other CIS countries 93 25 72 47 43 17 31 27 32 26 40 64 517
Other European countries 81 118 100 192 150 106 181 199 172 228 262 319 2,108

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Commonwealth of Independent States
Table 12 (Cont'd) - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

AFRICA 2,717 5,060 15,252 16,319 16,552 14,860 21,125 17,791 16,458 25,166 15,775 39,935 207,010
IOC 2 countries 289 604 3,973 3,673 7,553 4,481 11,108 8,364 5,825 14,471 8,415 19,340 88,096
of which:
Comoros 30 26 27 28 39 52 59 39 35 56 67 144 602
Malagasy Republic 65 156 193 949 834 710 1,306 1,629 1,051 1,231 1,101 1,527 10,752
Reunion Island 121 321 3,569 2,470 6,517 3,492 9,486 6,301 4,500 12,862 6,864 16,833 73,336
Seychelles 73 101 184 226 163 227 257 395 239 322 383 836 3,406
Algeria 8 1 13 3 14 32 26 22 18 25 23 38 223
Angola 3 12 7 19 7 11 60 9 7 19 31 30 215
Benin 0 2 5 11 12 7 9 2 1 18 5 8 80
Botswana 13 25 40 84 88 55 64 97 130 98 76 127 897
Burundi 2 1 3 5 5 2 4 11 4 7 6 21 71
Cameroon 12 30 32 47 36 53 39 29 28 59 48 78 491
Congo 10 19 23 21 23 25 22 32 7 24 63 51 320
Egypt 20 31 80 24 104 75 96 42 47 82 67 96 764
Ethiopia 5 3 5 8 18 93 25 30 17 50 23 43 320
Gabon 2 2 3 7 4 5 15 5 6 20 11 9 89
Ghana 19 17 43 51 66 78 89 70 57 103 69 82 744
Ivory Coast 10 14 42 19 49 22 54 39 37 90 47 66 489

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Kenya 72 118 166 276 167 303 331 321 167 276 264 476 2,937
Lesotho 0 3 30 2 9 6 9 7 3 27 8 16 120
Malawi 4 15 5 25 30 25 23 46 30 83 20 29 335
Mayotte 7 23 34 35 84 60 90 71 59 166 65 348 1,042
Morocco 13 36 49 28 52 73 73 76 63 59 73 78 673
Mozambique 27 19 21 35 30 47 42 69 75 53 45 176 639
Namibia 7 33 57 174 164 166 106 81 107 76 47 259 1,277
Niger 7 12 7 5 5 6 1 7 4 3 6 8 71
Nigeria 59 159 119 168 221 161 276 404 413 324 253 311 2,868
Rwanda 8 5 28 31 22 20 42 18 17 37 19 33 280
Senegal 7 1 31 11 16 34 14 17 10 41 22 17 221
South Africa, Rep. of 1,883 3,454 9,961 10,965 7,338 8,421 7,904 6,977 8,795 8,021 5,511 17,086 96,316
Sudan 2 1 2 12 1 7 14 5 3 10 3 4 64
Kingdom of Eswatini 3 6 7 23 23 18 18 12 16 26 31 11 24 215
Tanzania 41 36 31 42 41 40 79 95 72 128 61 93 759
Togo 1 4 0 4 9 1 5 12 3 14 10 4 67
Tunisia 20 51 40 13 29 51 38 43 37 43 34 48 447
Uganda 24 62 11 35 31 82 84 84 51 78 48 116 706
Zimbabwe 40 71 122 236 135 130 114 388 112 188 149 393 2,078
Zambia 8 33 36 84 77 81 77 125 45 118 60 151 895
Other African countries 88 156 210 143 94 189 180 177 182 324 182 276 2,201
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Indian Ocean Commission Kingdom of Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland
Table 12 (Cont'd) - Monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

ASIA 1,628 2,668 3,935 5,144 8,032 9,654 14,910 10,554 8,242 8,627 7,341 10,225 90,960
Afghanistan 9 16 32 26 21 13 9 7 8 19 11 21 192
Bangladesh 16 36 44 36 65 74 54 66 70 77 44 72 654
Hong Kong SAR 4 4 7 13 12 26 25 34 25 14 17 38 92 307
India 536 785 1,111 2,656 4,647 5,324 4,078 3,682 3,210 4,002 2,667 4,258 36,956
Indonesia 199 393 523 110 36 137 93 87 324 176 143 114 2,335
Israel 41 86 170 616 196 130 233 345 550 759 373 909 4,408
Japan 8 23 8 22 38 32 50 37 35 78 49 88 468
Korea Republic 6 2 7 39 63 90 84 86 148 200 238 208 1,171
Malaysia 18 23 24 26 20 19 30 41 29 32 151 191 604
Maldives 0 2 9 14 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 6 45
Nepal 3 12 16 25 13 27 17 45 30 44 20 26 278
Pakistan 25 18 68 29 50 60 48 24 62 45 38 70 537
People's Rep. of China 48 112 118 125 74 117 291 144 141 100 167 297 1,734
Philippines 335 432 244 74 103 196 192 204 318 115 220 164 2,597
Singapore 6 19 25 37 49 108 81 70 79 115 197 247 1,033
Sri Lanka 11 21 46 38 24 38 48 39 68 34 52 51 470
Taiwan, China 7 68 25 9 23 20 26 41 90 37 40 30 416
Thailand 4 8 12 19 14 20 23 37 43 35 24 45 284
Vietnam 12 47 89 8 10 32 14 26 16 17 20 17 308
MIDDLE EAST countries 325 554 1,348 1,221 2,552 3,182 9,497 5,531 2,979 2,716 2,832 3,296 36,033

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of which:
Bahrain 12 12 7 20 11 37 66 30 26 17 14 43 295
Iran 5 8 27 8 2 19 9 13 60 10 10 26 197
Jordan 4 12 10 5 16 7 37 24 8 19 10 14 166
Kuwait 11 12 20 35 93 100 209 142 79 41 28 82 852
Lebanon 12 10 26 16 18 9 9 5 26 22 26 34 213
Oman 5 2 17 12 17 17 31 20 6 15 7 19 168
Qatar 2 11 15 19 14 27 89 11 15 28 10 17 258
Saudi Arabia 65 123 336 175 1,186 2,128 6,134 3,541 1,770 1,114 1,683 1,133 19,388
United Arab Emirates 207 358 885 928 1,189 831 2,908 1,743 983 1,431 1,031 1,922 14,416
Other Middle East countries 2 6 5 3 6 7 5 2 6 19 13 6 80
Other Asian countries 15 4 3 2 7 6 5 15 27 7 16 23 130
OCEANIA 148 163 275 395 338 403 462 380 555 631 1,619 2,425 7,794
Australia 120 134 248 338 286 339 394 351 500 505 1,530 2,241 6,986
New Zealand 13 15 12 23 26 34 44 15 31 75 47 117 452
Other Oceanian countries 15 14 15 34 26 30 24 14 24 51 42 67 356
AMERICA 472 485 796 870 1,282 1,678 1,822 1,458 1,314 1,660 1,761 2,932 16,530
Brazil 23 23 32 46 37 51 74 122 64 71 92 132 767
Canada 182 183 298 264 464 698 695 510 413 522 696 1,325 6,250
USA 237 228 384 496 658 864 967 726 755 916 809 1,317 8,357
Other American countries 30 51 82 64 123 65 86 100 82 151 164 158 1,156
Others & not stated 22 41 18 32 41 39 41 32 28 62 59 70 485

All countries 40,028 52,724 66,066 84,268 70,462 63,008 94,084 86,605 81,087 117,323 106,905 134,730 997,290
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Special Administrative Region of China
Table 13 - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

EUROPE 87.5 84.0 69.3 73.0 62.8 57.7 59.2 65.1 67.2 69.2 75.2 58.7 67.6
Austria 3.8 3.0 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.6 2.3 1.5 1.7
Belgium 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.2 1.5 2.6 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.8
Bulgaria 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2
Czech Republic 2.9 3.6 3.4 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.0 1.2
Croatia 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Denmark 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.8
Estonia 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Finland 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2
France 27.9 37.1 23.3 26.2 22.4 15.1 19.8 22.1 17.4 25.1 29.6 24.1 24.0
Germany 11.0 8.5 10.5 9.7 10.8 13.0 6.4 9.7 14.9 10.0 11.0 5.2 9.7
Greece 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hungary 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Ireland 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Italy 3.0 1.4 1.9 1.6 1.5 2.1 1.7 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.3
Latvia 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lithuania 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Luxembourg 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Netherlands 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9

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Norway 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Poland 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.8
Portugal 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5
Romania 1.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.6
Serbia 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Slovakia 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4
Slovenia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.9 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.2
Sweden 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.7
Switzerland 2.9 2.1 1.6 3.9 2.1 1.7 2.9 1.6 3.0 4.4 3.9 2.5 2.8
Turkey 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4
United Kingdom 13.3 14.0 15.6 15.9 15.6 13.2 15.0 15.9 15.5 14.5 12.8 10.4 14.1
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CIS countries 7.0 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2
of which:
Belarus 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 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
Russian Federation 4.3 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9
Ukraine 2.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Other CIS countries 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Other European countries 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
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Commonwealth of Independent States
Table 13 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

AFRICA 6.8 9.6 23.1 19.4 23.5 23.6 22.5 20.5 20.3 21.5 14.8 29.6 20.8
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IOC countries 0.7 1.1 6.0 4.4 10.7 7.1 11.8 9.7 7.2 12.3 7.9 14.4 8.8
of which:
Comoros 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Malagasy Republic 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Reunion Island 0.3 0.6 5.4 2.9 9.2 5.5 10.1 7.3 5.5 11.0 6.4 12.5 7.4
Seychelles 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3
Algeria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Angola 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
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 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Congo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Egypt 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethiopia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ivory Coast 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Kenya 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 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 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mayotte 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
Morocco 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
Mozambique 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Namibia 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 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 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa, Rep. of 4.7 6.6 15.1 13.0 10.4 13.4 8.4 8.1 10.8 6.8 5.2 12.7 9.7
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
Kingdom of Eswatini 3 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
Tanzania 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uganda 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Zimbabwe 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
Zambia 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other African countries 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
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Indian Ocean Commission Kingdom of Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland
Table 13 (Cont'd) - Percentage distribution of monthly tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

Country of residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2022

ASIA 4.1 5.1 6.0 6.1 11.4 15.3 15.8 12.2 10.2 7.4 6.9 7.6 9.1
Afghanistan 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
Bangladesh 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Hong Kong SAR 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
India 1.3 1.5 1.7 3.2 6.6 8.4 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.5 3.2 3.7
Indonesia 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Israel 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.4
Japan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Korea Republic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Malaysia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
People's Rep. of China 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Philippines 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Singapore 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Sri Lanka 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
Taiwan, China 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thailand 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
Vietnam 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MIDDLE EAST countries 0.8 1.1 2.0 1.4 3.6 5.1 10.1 6.4 3.7 2.3 2.6 2.4 3.6
of which:

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Bahrain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iran 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
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 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Lebanon 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
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 1.7 3.4 6.5 4.1 2.2 0.9 1.6 0.8 1.9
United Arab Emirates 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.3 3.1 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.4
Other Middle East countries 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 countries 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

OCEANIA 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.8 0.8
Australia 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.7 0.7
New Zealand 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Other Oceanian countries 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

AMERICA 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.7 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.6 2.2 1.7
Brazil 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Canada 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.6
USA 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8
Other American countries 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Others & not stated 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

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

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Special Administrative Region of China
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Figure 3 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2022

France
Other Countries
24.0%
24.4%

Saudi Arabia
1.9%

Italy
2.3%
Switzerland
United Kingdom
2.8%
14.1%
India
3.7%

Reunion Island
7.4% Germany
9.7%
South Africa, Rep. of
9.7%

Table 14 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by purpose of visit, 2012 - 2018

Purpose of visit 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

Leisure/Recreation/Holiday 88.2 88.7 92.1 93.2 92.7 92.4

Business/Seminar/Official Mission 5.4 4.9 2.6 2.6 3.3 2.7
Visiting friends/relatives 3.3 2.5 2.1 0.9 1.0 1.4
Other 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.5

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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 years 2014 and
2019 - 2022.

Table 15 - Percentage distribution of tourist arrivals by type of accommodation, 2012 - 2018

Type of accommodation 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

Hotel 75.1 80.3 82.3 81.2 79.6 78.2

Guest House 5.4 5.4 2.9 4.8 5.0 4.8
In own villas / houses / bungalows / IRS NA 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4
Tourist residence 9.7 6.5 8.3 7.3 8.5 10.8
With friends/relatives 9.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.3
Other 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism conducted by Statistics Mauritius NA: Not Available
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 years 2014 and 2019 - 2022.
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Table 16 - The main tourist generating countries by rank, 2018 - 2022

Rank
Country of residence Mean Rank
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

France 1 1 1 1 1 1
United Kingdom 2 2 4 2 2 2
Germany 4 4 2 3 3 3
Reunion Island 3 3 3 6 5 4
South Africa, Rep. of 5 5 5 4 4 5
India 6 6 6 11 6 6
Switzerland 8 8 8 5 7 7
People's Rep. of China 7 7 13 33 42 8
Italy 9 9 7 10 8 9
Saudi Arabia 12 10 14 9 9 10
Austria 11 12 9 8 11 11
Belgium 14 13 21 7 10 12
Australia 10 11 16 39 22 13
Czech Republic 18 16 10 13 13 14
Netherlands 13 14 23 22 16 15
Malagasy Republic 17 15 19 25 15 16
Spain 16 17 30 18 14 17
United Arab Emirates 19 18 27 15 12 18
Sweden 15 19 11 16 21 19
Russian Federation 20 21 12 12 17 20
Poland 21 20 15 14 19 21
USA 22 22 18 20 18 22
Denmark 24 24 20 17 20 23
Canada 23 23 25 23 23 24
Romania 30 30 17 21 24 25
Norway 27 27 31 31 25 26
Seychelles 26 26 33 34 30 27
Korea Republic 25 25 39 50 47 28
Portugal 29 28 37 26 26 29
Slovakia 31 31 22 27 29 30
Finland 28 33 28 37 36 31
Kenya 32 29 40 32 33 32
Hungary 35 32 24 28 32 33
Ireland 33 34 42 29 31 34
Table 17 - Tourist nights 1 by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

EUROPE 6,769,651 7,155,716 7,518,217 8,450,414 8,749,223 9,132,988 9,070,867 2,896,112 1,603,413 8,095,996
Austria 93,864 101,266 127,358 177,805 190,291 199,693 186,874 77,782 35,347 184,996
Belgium 159,824 163,758 183,529 199,467 208,599 196,253 208,537 53,948 46,769 230,832
France 3,023,973 3,115,424 3,111,266 3,239,309 3,180,222 3,374,924 3,461,461 1,291,524 619,893 2,950,217
Germany 718,706 776,324 887,733 1,174,417 1,277,191 1,365,304 1,256,685 310,483 213,569 1,191,166
Italy 331,093 308,522 296,473 310,194 337,644 370,388 400,035 108,301 31,638 221,164
Netherlands 50,889 53,280 76,752 105,979 136,757 163,588 167,889 28,307 13,430 103,671
Russian Federation 184,407 172,525 154,305 122,691 148,907 141,472 151,118 89,785 31,679 159,851
Spain 68,742 72,554 87,418 123,552 120,048 118,058 117,397 22,767 16,374 105,638
Sweden 55,499 64,452 131,795 168,500 175,011 178,537 148,594 83,676 10,457 72,913
Switzerland 347,927 373,111 369,779 414,284 464,546 471,147 469,866 127,583 81,908 347,717
United Kingdom 1,370,172 1,528,786 1,599,775 1,717,793 1,728,279 1,712,734 1,620,673 338,572 356,587 1,703,890

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Other European countries 364,555 425,714 492,034 696,423 781,728 840,890 881,738 363,384 145,762 823,941

AFRICA 2,222,546 2,232,206 2,297,810 2,370,161 2,451,357 2,512,095 2,558,825 778,487 238,991 1,802,389
Comoros 22,663 21,731 16,038 18,190 18,192 21,206 26,841 12,758 1,093 14,414
Kenya 22,109 25,045 26,038 25,010 28,272 31,648 39,387 11,061 9,007 28,509
Malagasy Republic 151,390 181,578 189,158 198,344 210,808 214,942 213,301 73,172 14,983 115,163
Reunion Island 1,016,159 996,852 998,274 995,309 989,005 952,281 932,025 316,526 51,340 448,174
Seychelles 66,468 62,395 58,787 65,135 64,958 53,417 67,283 22,139 5,184 35,536
South Africa, Rep. of 786,433 784,424 835,862 862,513 920,225 1,003,710 991,897 243,494 109,962 924,837
Zimbabwe 16,471 18,317 20,654 26,359 29,082 34,405 34,939 11,952 2,887 24,742
Other African countries 140,853 141,864 152,999 179,301 190,815 200,486 253,152 87,385 44,535 211,014
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Tourist nights for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period
Table 17 (Cont'd) - Tourist nights 1 by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

ASIA 1,241,976 1,419,254 1,759,764 1,807,292 1,894,193 2,088,393 2,275,073 631,101 272,897 1,118,191
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Hong Kong SAR 9,932 12,646 10,941 10,931 11,432 10,132 11,264 2,216 1,920 3,800
India 578,976 611,798 688,149 750,365 780,775 857,580 989,138 299,691 100,535 567,904
Japan 10,116 8,671 9,047 14,311 14,095 12,148 11,223 6,647 2,339 8,637
Malaysia 19,312 19,268 15,448 22,723 22,791 14,517 15,983 3,875 964 7,075
People's Rep. of China 376,235 469,163 650,925 559,972 544,858 513,754 477,770 79,093 31,520 50,404
Singapore 20,004 16,888 15,875 22,161 23,350 22,982 22,024 4,891 3,666 13,315
United Arab Emirates 45,811 50,912 61,349 66,518 76,444 77,033 90,303 15,257 18,031 109,293
Other Asian countries 181,590 229,908 308,030 360,311 420,448 580,247 657,368 219,431 113,922 357,763

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OCEANIA 243,036 247,869 253,589 258,787 284,509 290,071 269,580 81,908 7,135 107,488
Australia 223,008 233,759 239,455 241,605 266,452 268,042 250,706 72,913 3,738 98,075
Other Oceanian countries 20,028 14,110 14,134 17,182 18,057 22,029 18,874 8,995 3,397 9,413

AMERICA 195,003 209,834 218,769 222,561 254,210 267,958 285,919 95,669 43,233 233,384
USA 57,064 66,462 79,294 78,838 85,484 91,356 93,051 31,228 21,298 91,397
Canada 100,371 105,901 104,587 108,033 115,314 125,925 145,330 47,680 16,903 120,071
Other American countries 37,568 37,471 34,888 35,690 53,412 50,677 47,538 16,761 5,032 21,916

Others & not stated 3,386 1,872 1,752 8,692 7,259 4,769 5,601 1,980 2,572 5,594

All countries 10,675,598 11,266,751 12,049,901 13,117,907 13,640,751 14,296,274 14,465,865 4,485,257 2,168,241 11,363,042

1
Tourist nights for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period.
2
Special Administrative Region of China
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1
Table 18 - Percentage distribution of tourist nights by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

EUROPE 63.4 63.5 62.4 64.4 64.1 63.9 62.7 64.6 73.9 71.2
Austria 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.6
Belgium 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 2.2 2.0
France 28.3 27.7 25.8 24.7 23.3 23.6 23.9 28.8 28.6 26.0
Germany 6.7 6.9 7.4 9.0 9.4 9.6 8.7 6.9 9.8 10.5
Italy 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.4 1.5 1.9
Netherlands 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.9
Russian Federation 1.7 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.4
Spain 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.9
Sweden 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.9 0.5 0.6
Switzerland 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.8 3.1
United Kingdom 12.8 13.6 13.3 13.1 12.7 12.0 11.2 7.5 16.4 15.0
Other European countries 3.4 3.8 4.1 5.3 5.7 5.9 6.1 8.1 0.2 7.3

AFRICA 20.8 19.8 19.1 18.1 18.0 17.6 17.7 17.4 11.0 15.9
Comoros 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
Kenya 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
Malagasy Republic 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 0.7 1.0
Reunion Island 9.5 8.8 8.3 7.6 7.3 6.7 6.4 7.1 2.4 3.9
Seychelles 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3
South Africa, Rep. of 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.7 7.0 6.9 5.4 5.1 8.1
Zimbabwe 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2
Other African countries 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.9 0.1 1.9

ASIA 11.6 12.6 14.6 13.8 13.9 14.6 15.7 14.1 12.6 9.8
2
Hong Kong SAR 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
India 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.8 6.7 4.6 5.0
Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Malaysia 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
People's Rep. of China 3.5 4.2 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.3 1.8 1.5 0.4
Singapore 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
United Arab Emirates 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.0
Other Asian countries 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.5 4.9 0.0 3.1

OCEANIA 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 0.3 0.9
Australia 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.6 0.2 0.9
Other Oceanian countries 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

AMERICA 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1
USA 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.8
Canada 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.1
Other American countries 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2

Others & not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

All countries 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1
Tourist nights for a reference period refer to nights spent by tourists departing in that reference period.
2
Special Administrative Region of China
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Table 19 - Average length of stay 1 (nights) of tourists by country of residence, 2013 - 2022

Country of residence 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

EUROPE 12.4 12.6 12.0 11.6 11.4 11.3 11.1 12.3 13.5 12.3
Austria 12.0 12.3 11.5 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.7 11.2 12.3 11.3
Belgium 13.7 14.5 13.0 13.0 12.8 12.5 12.3 16.7 12.5 13.1
France 12.4 12.8 12.3 11.9 11.8 11.9 11.6 13.6 14.5 12.7
Germany 12.0 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.1 10.8 10.4 9.3 13.6 12.5
Italy 10.4 10.6 10.3 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.8 11.7 11.8 10.0
Netherlands 11.2 11.3 11.2 10.8 10.5 10.0 10.0 10.9 15.2 11.5
Russian Federation 12.2 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.7 13.4 13.7 15.5 17.4 19.3
Spain 8.2 8.5 8.8 8.2 8.0 7.9 8.3 12.9 13.1 9.3
Sweden 12.5 11.4 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.7 10.7 11.0
Switzerland 12.6 12.8 12.1 11.7 11.8 11.5 11.5 13.6 14.3 12.8
United Kingdom 13.8 13.3 12.4 12.2 11.7 11.5 11.5 12.4 12.3 12.2
Other European countries 11.3 11.4 10.8 10.4 10.7 10.4 10.2 11.0 13.2 11.1

AFRICA 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.2 10.4 15.4 9.4
Comoros 19.8 23.5 20.0 23.9 20.8 22.4 20.7 57.5 17.6 27.1
Kenya 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.3 8.0 8.1 12.4 22.2 10.0
Malagasy Republic 11.4 14.1 15.8 17.6 17.0 15.3 13.8 22.1 23.8 11.8
Reunion Island 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.8 8.2 10.2 6.8
Seychelles 9.3 9.2 10.3 10.6 10.4 9.9 10.3 12.3 13.7 11.3
South Africa, Rep. of 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.9 8.2 9.9 14.8 10.2
Zimbabwe 11.0 10.5 11.2 13.2 11.5 13.9 11.7 23.9 21.2 13.2
Other African countries 10.4 10.7 10.2 11.0 10.8 10.9 11.4 18.3 30.8 12.9

ASIA 9.6 9.1 9.1 8.8 9.1 10.0 12.3 19.2 24.5 12.8
2
Hong Kong SAR 7.1 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.9 7.9 12.4 87.3 14.8
India 10.2 10.1 9.6 9.2 9.2 10.1 13.3 21.5 57.1 16.2
Japan 5.8 5.3 6.6 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.3 13.6 31.6 19.5
Malaysia 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.0 5.2 6.4 7.9 12.2 15.8 13.1
People's Rep. of China 9.2 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.5 7.9 11.4 15.5 99.1 33.7
Singapore 9.5 9.2 9.0 7.9 7.3 8.0 8.0 13.8 48.9 14.3
United Arab Emirates 5.6 6.4 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.5 8.9 10.2 7.6
Other Asian countries 11.9 14.8 17.1 15.6 16.1 15.1 14.3 20.3 16.2 10.5

OCEANIA 12.4 13.4 13.4 13.3 12.6 12.9 13.3 16.1 25.2 18.3
Australia 12.2 13.5 13.5 13.4 12.7 12.9 13.5 16.1 22.7 18.8
Other Oceanian countries 15.5 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.4 13.3 11.0 16.4 28.8 14.0

AMERICA 12.8 12.9 12.6 11.6 10.6 10.8 11.6 13.5 23.0 15.1
USA 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.1 9.2 9.2 10.9 19.8 11.4
Canada 22.0 21.8 19.2 18.5 17.5 16.9 18.6 21.2 27.1 21.5
Other American countries 7.4 8.3 9.4 7.1 6.6 6.7 7.2 8.4 27.3 11.9

All countries 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.6 12.6 14.7 11.8
1
Average length of stay refers to average number of nights spent by tourists departing in the reference period.
2
Special Administrative Region of China
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Table 20 - Gross earnings (Rs million) from tourism, 2013 - 2022

Year Jan - Jun Jul - Dec Whole Year

2013 22,055 18,502 40,557

2014 22,577 21,727 44,304

2015 1 24,240 25,951 50,191

2016 27,188 28,679 55,867

2017 29,319 30,943 60,262

2018 33,460 30,578 64,037

2019 31,052 32,055 63,107

2020 16,083 1,581 17,664

2021 907 14,346 15,253

2022 25,272 39,573 64,845

1
As from 2015, BoM is also including data culled from money-changers and
foreign exchange dealers.
Source : Bank of Mauritius

Figure 4 - Gross earnings (Rs million) from tourism, 2013 - 2022

64,037 64,845
65,000 63,107
60,262
60,000
55,867
55,000
50,191
50,000
44,304
45,000
40,557
40,000
Rs million

35,000

30,000

25,000

20,000 17,664
15,253
15,000

10,000

5,000

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Year
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Table 21 - Expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2012 - 2018

Expenditure (Rs Mn)

Country of residence
2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

France 10,300 11,000 10,600 11,700 12,000 13,100

Germany 2,900 3,200 3,500 4,800 5,400 5,900

Italy 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,600

Switzerland 1,400 1,700 1,700 2,100 2,500 2,500

United Kingdom 4,400 4,800 6,800 6,900 7,100 7,900

Reunion Island 3,200 3,500 3,300 3,600 3,300 3,200

South Africa, Rep. of 3,300 3,500 3,200 3,300 3,900 4,300

People's Rep. of China 1,100 2,000 4,700 4,400 4,000 3,700

India 1,700 1,800 2,400 3,300 3,100 4,000

Other countries 8,600 9,000 12,600 14,900 17,300 17,900

All countries 38,700 41,900 50,000 56,200 60,100 64,000

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
years 2014 and 2019 - 2022.
Mn: million

Table 22 - Expenditure of tourists by type of expenditure, 2012 - 2018

Expenditure (Rs Mn)

Type of expenditure
2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

Accommodation 22,600 24,700 30,300 34,100 37,100 40,300

Meals & Beverages 5,500 4,200 5,400 5,900 6,400 5,900

Transport 2,900 3,300 2,300 2,600 2,700 2,700

Entertainment 3,200 4,600 5,700 6,800 6,700 7,700

Shopping 4,100 4,400 5,100 5,000 5,200 5,100

Other expenditures 400 700 1,300 1,900 2,000 2,300

TOTAL 38,700 41,900 50,000 56,200 60,100 64,000

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
years 2014 and 2019 - 2022.
Mn: million
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Table 23 - Average expenditure of tourists by country of residence, 2012 - 2018

Expenditure (Rs)
Country of residence
2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

France 40,200 44,900 41,900 43,100 44,500 46,200

Germany 53,000 53,100 48,200 47,400 47,000 46,400

Italy 39,900 44,300 42,500 40,500 41,900 43,300

Russian Federation 56,100 64,900 65,500 49,400 78,000 NA

Switzerland 55,300 61,600 56,500 58,700 64,300 59,800

United Kingdom 50,600 49,200 52,800 48,900 48,200 53,300

Reunion Island 22,100 24,300 22,800 24,700 22,800 22,800

South Africa, Rep. of 37,400 37,100 31,400 32,300 34,600 33,900

People's Rep. of China 50,400 48,500 52,500 55,000 55,600 56,200

India 31,300 31,200 33,800 40,900 36,900 47,700

Other countries 44,200 44,600 57,500 55,400 57,000 55,200

All countries 40,000 42,200 44,000 44,700 45,500 46,500

Source: Survey of Inbound Tourism conducted by Statistics Mauritius

NA: Not Available
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; Survey of Inbound Tourism was not carried out during the years 2014 and 2019 - 2022.

Table 24 - Hotels 1, rooms and bedplaces, 2013 - 2022

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

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 111 13,511 29,650 57 10,570 23,579

2018 113 13,574 30,427 57 10,585 24,218

2019 112 13,489 31,024 58 10,539 24,743

2020 106 12,171 28,104 53 9,290 21,905

2021 111 13,902 32,157 61 11,178 26,261

2022 105 13,017 30,145 56 10,326 24,408

1
Refers to hotels in the Island of Mauritius which were operational and excluding hotels not operational because of renovation
works
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Table 25 - Monthly occupancy rates (%) in All hotels, 2018 - 2022

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Month
Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed
January 77 70 72 64 73 64 18 15 42 37
February 79 71 76 67 70 61 15 11 44 39
March 76 69 71 62 42 34 8 6 50 44
April 73 67 69 64 1 0 2 1 63 57
May 70 63 66 57 0 0 3 2 58 50
June 60 53 64 55 1 1 6 4 51 44
July 68 63 69 62 2 2 8 6 63 58
August 76 70 73 66 5 5 16 13 68 62
September 79 69 75 63 9 9 12 9 71 60
October 81 72 75 66 16 12 37 33 78 69
November 83 71 84 69 17 12 57 48 81 69
December 76 69 78 68 21 17 40 36 78 70
Whole Year 75 67 73 64 24 20 21 17 62 55
1
For the periods March 2020 to end of September 2020 and March 2021 to end of December 2021, occupancy rate excludes number of nights spent in hotels which were used as
quarantine centres

Table 26 - Monthly occupancy rates 1 (%) in Large 2 hotels, 2018 - 2022

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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Month
Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed Room Bed
January 78 72 74 66 75 65 18 15 44 38
February 81 74 77 69 72 63 14 11 46 41
March 78 72 72 64 43 35 9 6 52 45
April 75 70 71 67 0 0 1 1 67 61
May 72 65 67 58 0 0 3 2 61 52
June 62 56 65 57 1 1 6 4 53 45
July 71 66 70 64 1 1 8 6 67 61
August 79 74 75 69 5 4 16 13 72 65
September 82 72 77 65 8 8 11 9 75 63
October 83 75 76 68 16 12 38 33 81 71
November 84 72 85 70 17 12 59 49 83 70
December 77 70 79 70 21 17 42 36 80 71
Whole Year 77 70 74 66 24 20 21 18 65 57
1
For the periods March 2020 to end of September 2020 and March 2021 to end of December 2021, occupancy rate excludes number of nights spent in hotels which were used as
quarantine centres
2
Large hotels are well established beach hotels with more than 80 rooms
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, 2013 - 2022

Establishments 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2 2021 2 2022 2

Food service 3,157 3,266 3,258 3,407 3,238 3,351 3,526 3,583 3,369 2,992
Hotels 22,397 22,559 22,583 23,639 24,183 24,412 24,510 24,366 21,020 21,811
Travel and Other Services 3 3,865 3,806 3,793 3,755 3,664 3,604 3,514 3,552 2,702 2,736

Total 29,419 29,631 29,634 30,801 31,085 31,367 31,550 31,501 27,091 27,539

Source: Survey of Employment and Earnings in large Establishments

1
Large establishments are those employing 10 or more persons.
2
Revised
3
Travel and other services include air transport services, tour operators, travel agencies and car rental.

1
SELECTED TOURISM STATISTICS
Number Tourism Earnings 2
Year
Hotels 1
Rooms Tourist arrivals (Rs. Mn)

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 111 13,511 1,341,860 60,262
2018 113 13,574 1,399,408 64,037
2019 112 13,489 1,383,488 63,107
2020 106 12,171 308,980 17,664
2021 111 13,902 179,780 15,253
2022 105 13,017 997,290 64,845
1
Refers to hotels in the Island of Mauritius which were operational and excluding hotels not operational because
of renovation works
2
Source: Bank of Mauritius; As from 2015, BoM is also including data culled from money-changers and foreign
exchange dealers
Mn: million