Mauritius passes one million visitors in September 2026
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ionnews
Mauritius welcomed 1,042,241 visitors from January to September 2026, including 114,506 in September, 9.6% more than a year earlier. Tourism receipts reached 74.57 billion rupees between January and August, up 18.3%, according to figures cited by Minister Richard Duval and the Bank of Mauritius.
Mauritius welcomed 114,506 visitors in September 2026, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%, equivalent to 10,014 additional tourists, according to Tourism Minister Richard Duval. This brought the number of visitors recorded since January to more than one million, according to figures published by the minister on Facebook.
Tourism receipts reached 74.57 billion Mauritian rupees between January and August 2026, compared with 63.01 billion over the same period in 2025. They thus rose by 18.3%, an increase of 11.56 billion rupees, according to Richard Duval.
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