International Travel and Tourism - Year 2019

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Hi​gh​lights​

Tourist arrivals
 
1.    The number of tourist arrivals​ for the year 2019 decreased by 1.1% to attain 1,383,488 compared to 1,399,408 for the year 2018.
 
2.    Tourist arrivals by air decreased by 1.6% from 1,359,688 in 2018 to 1,338,235 in 2019 while those arriving by sea increased by 13.9% from 39,720 to 45,253.
 
 
3.    The performance of our main markets, which accounted for 68% of total tourist arrivals for the year 2019, is given in the table below:
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          Co​unt​ry
                    Tourist Arrivals
          2018​
         2019
% change
France
285,371
302,038
      + 5.8
United Kingdom
​151,913
141,520
       - 6.8
Reunion Island
138,439
137,570
       - 0.6
Germany
132,780
129,100
       - 2.8
South Africa, Rep. of
128,097
118,556
       - 7.4
India
85,765
75,673
     - 11.8
People’s Rep. of China
65,736
42,740
     - 35.0
Total main markets
       988,101
      947,197
     - 4.1
All countries
       1,399,408
1,383488
      - 1.1
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4.  Among the main markets, only France recorded a positive growth (5.8%). All the other markets registered decreases ranging from -0.6% for Reunion Island to -35.0% for People's Republic of China.
 
5.  In the absence of visibility on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an optimistic forecast of tourist arrivals for the year 2020 would be around 1,385,000.
 
Tourism earnings
 
6.  The Bank o​​f Mauritius​ has revised the forecast of tourism earnings for the year 2020 downwards from Rs 65.0 billion to Rs 63.0 billion, representing a decrease of 0.2% compared to Rs 63.1 billion recorded in 2019.
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