Mauritius tourist arrivals drop by 40%

Tourist arrivals in 2021 dropped by 41.8% from 308,980 in 2020 to 179,780 in 2021.

Those arriving by air decreased by 36.0% from 279,325 to 178,733, while those arriving by sea declined by 96.5% from 29,655 to 1,047 .

Total departures declined by 53.7% in 2021 from 491,849 to 227,544 in 2021. France, the island’s top tourist generating country, registered a decrease of 35.2%.

While an increase of 50.7% in tourist arrivals from UK was observed, decreases were noted in the other main markets: People’s Republic of China (-90.4%), Reunion Island (-82.7%), India (-77.7%), Republic of South Africa (-58.4%) and Germany (-48.4%).