Overall, the country witnessed over US$700 million in tourism receipts in 1999.

According the Bank of Mauritius the gross tourism receipts was Rs4.4 billion in 2012.

Farm exports declined 27 percent and tourism receipts fell 17 percent.

Since 1984, international tourism receipts have grown from $117 million to $136 million in 1987, and $577 million in 1993.

In the past two decades tourist arrivals increased at an average annual rate of 9% with a corresponding increase of about 21% in tourism receipts.

London, the capital of the United Kingdom is also the world's most visited city and the highest in tourism receipts, before Paris.

Total tourism receipts are estimated in the neighborhood of US$55 million annually.

About 50% of visitors were expected to be foreign tourists, helping to generate about S$94 million in tourism receipts in its opening year.

Roughly 155,000 tourists arrived that year, and tourism receipts totaled about $7 million.

Total tourism receipts declined annually from 2000 through 2002.