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Mauritius
Index
The attractive climate and numerous beaches of
Mauritius have
been among the features that have attracted record numbers
of
tourists each year since 1984. Some 300,000 tourists
visited in
1991, earning the country MauR3.9 million in foreign
exchange; in
1993 the number rose to 375,000 tourists, bringing in
MauR5.3
million in foreign exchange. In 1993 Mauritius had
eighty-five
hotels with 10,980 beds and an occupancy rate for the
larger
hotels of 68.5 percent; tourism employs more than 11,000
people.
The three principal sources of tourists in 1993 were
Reunion
(26 percent), France (21 percent), and South Africa (11
percent).
Tourism increased by 10 percent in 1993 over
1992--Mauritius has
concentrated on developing a quality tourist industry
rather than
on appealing to the mass market. Most investors in tourism
are
Mauritian; South Africans, French, British, and Germans
also
invest in tourism.
Data as of August 1994
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