Tourism in Mauritius

Tourism figures and facts in Mauritius: types of travelers, tourists arrivals, effects of tourism, mass tourism, sustainable tourism....

In 2011, around 94% of the tourists came for holidays while 4 % were on business/conference trips and another 2% came for sports or other purposes.

According to the Bank of Mauritius, tourism receipts for 2011 should be about 41 billion, representing an increase of 5.1 percent over 2010.

The CSO said tourist arrivals were up 6.2 percent at 646,656 in the nine months to September compared with the same period last year. It said the average room occupancy rate for all hotels for the first nine months was 63 percent.

When we talk about the Tourism Industry it is understood that it deals with tourist activities, and tourist activities take place in an environment. Therefore it is imperative to say that tourism is environment dependent. The environment comprises of everything that is around us that us physical and human environment.

Social cultural impacts are related to changes in societal value systems, individual behavior, and social relationships, lifestyles, modes of expression and community structures. The impacts described in this project are related to the effects on the host communities of direct and indirect relations with tourists, and of interaction with the tourism industry.

Mauritius' government tries to concentrate on developing a quality and luxury tourist industry rather than on appealing to the mass market.

The strongest argument against mass-tourism is the tiny size of Mauritius. Small islands have a very fragile environment and need constant care

Otherwise, governement can't control everything and international promotors are investing in the