Tourism in Mauritius
Tourism in
History
In the past thirty years, Mauritius has developed from a low-income economy based on agriculture to a middle-income diversified economy. Much of this economic growth has been the result of the expansion of the luxury tourism sector. Mauritius was mainly dependent on the sugar and textiles industries; as world sugar prices declined and the production of textiles became economically unfeasible, the government decided to expand the tourist industry. Over the years, most visitors to Mauritius have come from European countries. Due to the economic downturn of European debt crisis, the government decided to diversify its market by providing direct flights to Asian and African countries which were experiencing higher growth in terms of their arrival.
Overview
The tourism sector is supervised by the
Major Mauritian hotel groups include LUX* Resorts & Hotels, Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels, Sun Resorts, Constance, Long Beach resorts, Attitude and VLH/Heritage.
Mauritius currently has two
Statistics
According to
Data from Statsmauritius.govmu.org on tourism arrivals for 2018 shows that "1.The number of tourist arrivals for the year 2018 increased by 4.3% to attain 1,399,408 compared to 1,341,860 for the year 2017 2. Tourist arrivals by air increased by 3.6% from 1,312,295 in 2017 to 1,359,688 in 2018 while those arriving by sea increased by 34.3% from 29,565 to 39,720. 3. The performance of our main markets, which accounted for 71% of total tourist arrivals for the year 2018".[6]
Most visitors arriving to Mauritius were from the following countries or territories of residence:[7][8][9][10]
Nationality | Total | ||||
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
France | 285,271 | 273,419 | 271,963 | 254,323 | 243,665 |
United Kingdom | 151,846 | 149,807 | 141,904 | 129,754 | 115,326 |
Réunion | 138,439 | 146,040 | 146,203 | 143,845 | 141,665 |
Germany | 132,815 | 118,856 | 103,761 | 75,237 | 62,231 |
South Africa | 128,091 | 112,129 | 104,834 | 101,943 | 93,120 |
India | 85,766 | 86,294 | 82,670 | 72,135 | 61,167 |
China | 65,739 | 72,951 | 79,374 | 89,584 | 63,365 |
Switzerland | 41,084 | 40,252 | 36,272 | 30,680 | 29,985 |
Italy | 38,362 | 35,101 | 31,337 | 29,185 | 29,557 |
Australia | 20,948 | 21,271 | 18,559 | 17,835 | 17,529 |
Austria | 18,577 | 17,596 | 16,643 | 11,425 | 8,303 |
Saudi Arabia | 16,507 | 5,142 | 3,164 | 2,854 | 2,390 |
Netherlands | 16,418 | 13,269 | 10,080 | 6,926 | 4,796 |
Belgium | 15,727 | 16,420 | 15,675 | 14,223 | 11,465 |
Sweden | 15,539 | 15,516 | 14,551 | 11,634 | 6,454 |
Spain | 15,064 | 15,252 | 15,304 | 10,013 | 8,633 |
Madagascar | 14,365 | 12,730 | 11,740 | 12,215 | 13,039 |
Czech Republic | 14,254 | 10,495 | 8,503 | 7,267 | 6,852 |
United Arab Emirates | 12,058 | 11,866 | 9,614 | 9,050 | 8,001 |
Russia | 11,006 | 11,153 | 9,295 | 11,444 | 13,289 |
Poland | 10,805 | 11,318 | |||
United States | 10,525 | 9,655 | |||
Canada | 7,751 | 6,908 | |||
Denmark | 7,418 | 6,971 | |||
South Korea | 7,204 | 6,858 | |||
Seychelles | 5,370 | 6,258 | |||
Norway | 5,332 | 5,005 | |||
Finland | 4,949 | 4,461 | |||
Portugal | 4,912 | 4,254 | |||
Romania | 4,369 | 2,691 | |||
Slovakia | 4,237 | 3,235 | |||
Kenya | 4,035 | 3,422 | |||
Ireland | 4,004 | 4,020 | |||
Brazil | 3,744 | 4,659 | |||
Hungary | 3,276 | 2,829 | |||
Philippines | 2,871 | 2,742 | |||
Singapore | 2,809 | 3,230 | |||
Ukraine | 2,765 | 2,854 | |||
Turkey | 2,600 | 2,594 | |||
Indonesia | 2,519 | 2,670 | |||
Zimbabwe | 2,496 | 2,553 | |||
Malaysia | 2,264 | 4,352 | |||
Israel | 2,167 | 1,698 | |||
Nigeria | 2,157 | 1,331 | |||
Japan | 2,046 | 2,315 | |||
Luxembourg | 1,924 | 1,802 | |||
Bulgaria | 1,913 | 1,386 | |||
Taiwan | 1,767 | 1,592 | |||
Slovenia | 1,740 | 1,312 | |||
Hong Kong | 1,519 | 1,512 | |||
Namibia | 1,358 | 1,505 | |||
Mayotte | 1,355 | 1,340 | |||
Pakistan | 1,207 | 1,088 | |||
Bangladesh | 1,195 | 1,157 | |||
Spain | 1,182 | 1,331 | |||
Zambia | 1,124 | 994 | |||
Botswana | 1,070 | 1,072 | |||
Estonia | 1,049 | 808 | |||
New Zealand | 1,002 | 1,052 | |||
Comoros | 956 | 886 | |||
Greece | 938 | 1,034 | |||
Morocco | 901 | 771 | |||
Lithuania | 829 | 1,046 | |||
Croatia | 823 | 675 | |||
Mozambique | 809 | 876 | |||
Latvia | 800 | 672 | |||
Tanzania | 797 | 697 | |||
Total | 1,399,287 | 1,341,860 | 1,275,227 | 1,151,252 | 1,038,968 |
See also
References
- ^ "Overview of Tourism Sector in Mauiritius". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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(help) - ^ World Heritage Centre. "Mauritius". UNESCO.
- ^ Statistics Mauritius (2011). "INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & TOURISM" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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(help) - ^ Statistics Mauritius (2012). "International Travel and Tourism Year 2012". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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- ^ "Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority- Tourism Growth Accelerating". February 2019.
- ^ Table 27 - Tourist arrivals by country of residence, 2005 - 2014
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