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Travel and Tourism in Mauritius
Euromonitor International, April 2007, Pages: 21
Our Travel and Tourism in Mauritius report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest market size data (2001-2006), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market – be they new legislative, technology or pricing issues. Background information on disposable income, annual leave and holiday taking habits is also included. Forecasts to 2011 illustrate how the market is set to change.
Sector coverage: travel accommodation, transportation, car rental, travel retail and tourist attraction markets.
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- Get a detailed picture of the travel and tourism industry;
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- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
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Product coverage
Airline capacity and utilisation; Arrivals by country of origin; Arrivals by mode of transport; Arrivals by purpose of visit; Car rental services by sector; Demand factors; Departures by destination; Departures by mode of transport; Departures by purpose of visit; Domestic tourism by destination; Domestic tourism by mode of transport; Tourism receipts and expenditure; Tourist attractions; Transportation; Travel accommodation; Travel retail services
Extract from Executive Summary:
Tourism Industry Growing
Mauritius’ travel and tourism industry is in full expansion. Tourist arrivals numbered over 761,000 in 2005 and this number is expected to grow in 2006.
The increasing decline of the textile and sugar industries brought tourism to the forefront of the island’s economy. The government of Mauritius is engaged in an active policy of tourism development which aims to attract foreign capital through the availability of preferential tax treatments for potential investors and property buying through Integrated Resorts Schemes.
However, while Mauritius wishes to attract more tourists, high-spending haut de gamme tourism is still favoured. Boutique luxury hotels, 4-5 star beach resorts and a multitude of golf courses, spas and beauty centres are still central to the government’s selective tourism policy.
Travel Accommodation Adding Capacity
Travel accommodation is dynamic and accounts for the majority of tourists’ spending. Five hotels opened in 2005 and five will be complete by the end of 2006. Occupancy rates were impressive in 2005. With a significant increase in tourists expected in 2006, growth in occupancy rates will likely follow.
There are a number of developments that will enhance travel accommodation’s capacity during the forecast period. Integrated Resort Schemes’ plans for the construction of four and five star hotels will increase capacity and the Indian group, Sagar Hotels, is currently building a hotel in Balaclava that is due to open in 2007.
Overall travel accommodation is driven and encouraged by a government keen to develop and reinforce quality tourism.
Competition Heats up in Air Transportation
The government’s new air access policy is set to energise transportation. Coming into effect in 2006, the new air access policy allows more international airlines to operate flights to and from Mauritius. This will affect Air Mauritius, the national air carrier, as it will lose its monopoly on certain lines. A new carrier is now operating alongside Air Mauritius on the Rodrigues lines and three new airlines plan to begin operations in the last quarter of 2006. These will serve European and Asian destinations, in particular France, the UK and India. Increased flights from South Africa are also expected.
A Shopping Destination
With the majority of tourists spending most of their money on hotel services, the government is hoping to improve Mauritius’s travel retail segment by making the island a shopping paradise. Plans to give Mauritius duty-free status by 2010 and the removal of duty on luxury items effective since July 2005, are set to increase tourism receipts in this category.
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