305,197 tourists for First Quarter of 2023

The number of tourist arrivals increased from 158,818 in the first quarter of 2022 to 305,197 in the first quarter of 2023.

Tourist arrivals by air increased from 158,008 in the first quarter of 2022 to 299,082 in the first quarter of 2023 while those arriving by sea increased from 810 to 6,115.

The performance of our usual main markets, accounted for 68% of total tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023 compared to 69% in the first quarter of 2022. Comparative figures for first quarter 2022 and first quarter 2023.

Tourist arrivals from main markets were as follows:
France (81,822), Reunion Island (34,779), United Kingdom (29,699), Germany (26,370), Republic of
South Africa (20,653), India (7,897), Italy (7,123) and Switzerland (6,520)

Compared to 1st Quarter 2022:
(i) total passenger arrivals increased from 207,391 to 422,194;
(ii) total tourist arrivals increased from 158,818 to 305,197; those arriving by air rose from 158,008 to 299,082, while those arriving by sea increased from 810 to 6,115.
(iii) the number of excursionists (arriving and leaving on the same day) increased from 442 to 8,915.

In the first quarter 2023, 11 cruise ships arrived in the country and carried some 18,176 cruise travellers comprising 5,146 tourists, 6,838 excursionists, 23 Mauritian residents and 6,169 crew members.

The number of tourists aged 60 years and above was 59,358 representing 19.4% of tourist arrivals. Among those who arrived by sea, the proportion was much higher at 67.7%

Concerning departures,
Compared to 1st Quarter 2022:
(i) total passenger departures increased from 214,716 to 447,610; and
(ii) departures of Mauritian residents rose from 30,502 to 72,956 .
Comparative figures for the first quarters of 2022 and 2023 for Mauritian departures by main country of disembarkation are given in Figure 1 and Table 2. In the first quarter of 2023, the main countries of disembarkation (country of final destination or transit country) for Mauritian residents were United Arab Emirates (16,910 or 23.2%), Reunion Island (10,221 or 14.0%), France (8,811 or 12.1%), India (8,110 or 11.1%), Republic of South Africa (5,672 or 7.8%) and United Kingdom (5,626 or 7.7%).